Proverbs 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 (the cunning of men's heart is like an unfathomable deep): but a man of understanding will draw it out - by the gift of discernment of spirits, and by tact in eliciting what is in the minds of other men.

Proverbs 20:5

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