Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Revised Version 1895
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
6Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find?
Cross References
Proverbs 18:4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; the wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
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 →