Proverbs 20:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.

Cross References

Psalm 64:6

Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.” For the human heart and mind are deep.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of the mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

Proverbs 20:6

Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?

1 Corinthians 2:11

For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God.