Proverbs 20:5

Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.

Vulgata (Latina)

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

4Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi. + 20.4 Æstate. Regnum Dei æstati comparatur, quia nunc mœroris nostri nubila transient, et vitæ dies æterni solis claritate fulgebunt.

6Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?]

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:4Aqua profunda verba ex ore viri, et torrens redundans fons sapientiæ. + 18.4 Aqua profunda. Quia Dominus et apostoli palam utriusque Testamenti sacramenta mundo reserabant, de quibus subdit: Et torrens redundans fons sapientiæ. Aqua profunda, id est, verba sapientium lavant mentes et rigant, ne peccatorum sorde deformes remaneant aut ariditate deficiant.

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