Proverbs 20:5
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

Proverbs 18:4 Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

Psalm 64:6 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

1 Corinthians 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him? So the things also that are of God, no man knoweth, but the Spirit of God.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. 5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?…
Cross References
Proverbs 18:4
Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

Proverbs 20:4
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 20:6
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

Lexicon
The intentions
עֵצָ֣ה (‘ê·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of a man’s
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

heart
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

are deep
עֲ֭מֻקִּים (‘ă·muq·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6013: Deep

waters,
מַ֣יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

but a man
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of understanding
תְּבוּנָ֣ה (tə·ḇū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

draws them out.
יִדְלֶֽנָּה׃ (yiḏ·len·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1802: To dangle, to let down a, bucket, to deliver


Additional Translations
The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.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; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.

Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

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; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
Jump to Previous
Counsel Deep Draw Draweth Draws Good Heart Mind Plan Purpose Purposes Sense Understanding Water Waters
Jump to Next
Counsel Deep Draw Draweth Draws Good Heart Mind Plan Purpose Purposes Sense Understanding Water Waters
External Links
Proverbs 20:5 NIV
Proverbs 20:5 NLT
Proverbs 20:5 ESV
Proverbs 20:5 NASB
Proverbs 20:5 ASV

Proverbs 20:5 Bible Apps
Proverbs 20:5 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 20:5 Chinese Bible
Proverbs 20:5 French Bible
Proverbs 20:5 German Bible

Alphabetical: a are but deep draws heart in is it like man man's of out plan purposes The them understanding water waters

OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Proverbs 20:4
Top of Page
Top of Page