Proverbs 20:5
“Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.”
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Cross-References
“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
“The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.”
“They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.”
“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
“The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.”