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Proverbs 20:5

Modern English Version

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

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They devise injustice, saying “We have perfected a secret plot.” For the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters, the wellspring of wisdom is a flowing stream.

The sluggard will not plow in season; he will beg at harvest and have nothing.

Many a man will proclaim each his own goodness, but a loyal man, who can find?

For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Likewise, no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.