1 Corinthians 2:11; Proverbs 18:4; Psalms 64:6
The contest between reticence on the one side and pertinacity in search on the other is represented as by a parable. The well may be very deep (com...
Counsel in the heart of (c) man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. (c) It is hard to find out: for it is as deep wat...
Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Counsel in the heart of man - Men of the deepest and m...
Counsel in the heart of man, &c.— There is hardly any thing but may be compassed by wisdom: for though the designs and intentions of another ma...
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Counsel in the heart of man (is like) deep water...
1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
A clever cross-questioner elicits one's plans.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water. — The wise thoughts of a “man,” fitly so-called (comp. Proverbs 18:4 ), may be hid deep in his bre...
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fai...
Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provok...
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water ,.... Pure and undisturbed, but secret, hidden, and hard to be come at: such are the things of the...
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Ver. 5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep wa...
Counsel in the heart of man Either, 1st, Ability to give counsel; or, 2d, The design or purpose of doing something of importance; for the word עצה,...
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. A man's wisdom is here said to be o...
Counsel; either, 1. Wisdom or ability to give good counsel; or, 2. Designs or purposes of doing something of moment; for this word is frequentl...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:5 . Counsel . Delitzsch translates this word “ purpose ,” and understands it to refer to a secret plan. MAIN HOMIL...
Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. The getting of wisdom from the wise: I. Wisdom to ma...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
v. 5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, for his plans are hidden in his innermost heart; but a man of understanding, one who knows...
Counsel — Designs of doing something of moment. Deep water — Is secret and hard to be discovered.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.