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Proverbs 18

Prov. 18:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of a man’s
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
are as deep
`amoq (Hebrew #6013)
deep (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (X exceeding) deep (thing).
Pronounce: aw-moke'
Origin: from 6009
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, andb the wellspring
maqowr (Hebrew #4726)
from 6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
KJV usage: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Pronounce: maw-kore'
Origin: or maqor {maw-kore'}
of wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
as a flowing
naba` (Hebrew #5042)
to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)
KJV usage: belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).
Pronounce: naw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
brook
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
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Prov. 10:11• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. (Prov. 10:11)

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Prov. 10:11• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. (Prov. 10:11)
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Prov. 13:14• 14The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death. (Prov. 13:14)
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Prov. 16:22• 22Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. (Prov. 16:22)
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Prov. 20:5• 5Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. (Prov. 20:5)
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Matt. 12:34• 34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Matt. 12:34)
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John 4:14• 14but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life. (John 4:14)
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John 7:38‑39• 38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
 39But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:38‑39)
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Col. 3:16• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one. (Col. 4:6)
the wellspring.
Psa. 78:2• 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, (Psa. 78:2)
• “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37, 38). Commentators have searched in vain for the scripture referred to; but may it not be that the very passage which we are considering was (perhaps with others) in the Lord’s thoughts when He spoke? The thirsty soul finds in Christ the Wisdom of God, and, trusting in Him, receives that Divine indwelling which causes wisdom, as a flowing brook of living water, to go out from his being for the refreshment and joy of other needy ones. (“Proverbs Eighteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is a gushingk brook.

JND Translation Notes

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As Ps. 19.2; 78.2; 119.171.