Proverbs 18:4
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 18:4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.
You shall bring them near to Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.