Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 20:5 in context
Proverbs 20:2–8
2
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5
Selected verse
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,
but who can find a faithful man?
7
A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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