Proverbs 20:5

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 64:6

They devise iniquities: “We have perfected a shrewd scheme.” Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

1 Corinthians 2:11

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