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Proverbs 20:5

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 20

3

[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

5

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

6

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

7

The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.

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