Proverbs 20:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Cross References

Psalm 64:6

Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.