“The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 18 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.