Proverbs 20:5
Discovering what someone is planning in their mind is like looking at deep water, but a person who has understanding will find out.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
In Context
4Slackers don't sow when they should, so when harvest comes they don't have anything.
6Many people tell you they're loyal, but can you find someone really trustworthy?
Cross References
Proverbs 18:4People's words can be profound like deep waters, a gushing stream that is the source of wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:5
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. See here the evil of slothfulness and the love of ease. 1. It keeps men from the most necessary business, from ploughing and sowing when the season is: The sluggard has ground to occupy, and has ability for it; he can plough, but he will not; some excuse or other he has to shift it off, but the true reason is that it is cold weather. Though ploughing time is not in the depth of winter, it is in the borders of… Read the whole commentary →