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Proverbs 20:5

American Standard Version

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Proverbs 20:5 in other translations

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:5 · World English Bible

Proverbs 20:5 in context

  1. 3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
  2. 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  3. 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
  4. 6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
  5. 7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.