Cross References

Proverbs 20:5

New English Translation

Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

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They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person – who can find?

For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.