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 most comprehensive minds are rarely apt, unsolicited, to join in any discourse, in which they might appear even to the greatest advantage; but a man of understanding will elicit this, by questions framed for the purpose, and thus pump up the salubrious waters from the deep and capacious well. The metaphor is fine and expressive.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:5
Proverbs 20:5
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.