Proverbs 20:5 · KJV
“Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.”
— Proverbs 20:5
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
Proverbs 20 — Context
{It is} an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}
5Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
7The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 2:11
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.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.
Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward {thought} of every one {of them}, and the heart, {is} deep. {they...: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched} {a diligent...: Heb. a search searched}