The Phrase 'A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep'
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The Phrase 'A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep'
In 1889, American journalist and humorist Edgar Nye introduced the phrase "A mile wide and an inch deep." He was referring to a river found in the Midwestern and western United States, called the Platte River. The Platte is a muddy, wide, shallow, meandering ...
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- Psalm 19:7
; - Psalm 49:20;
- Psalm 94:8;
- Psalm 119:130;
- Proverbs 1:7;
- Proverbs 1:20-33;
- Proverbs 1:22;
- Proverbs 3:7;
- Proverbs 3:13-18;
- Proverbs 10:14;
- Proverbs 14:15;
- Proverbs 18:2;
- Proverbs 18:15;
- Proverbs 26:12;
- Ecclesiastes 10:3;
- Isaiah 5:13;
- Jeremiah 4:22;
- Jeremiah 10:14;
- Hosea 4:6;
- Acts 17:18;
- Romans 1:22;
- 1 Corinthians 1:20;
- 1 Corinthians 3:18-23;
- Ephesians 5:15-17;
- Colossians 2:8;
- James 1:5-8
