Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 18:4 : 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellsing of wisdom as a flowing brook.
- 1 Cor 2:11 : 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
- Ps 64:6 : 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
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