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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,.... Pure and undisturbed, but secret, hidden, and hard to be come at:…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The contest between reticence on the one side and pertinacity in search on the other is represented as by a parable. The…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
A man's wisdom is here said to be of use to him for the pumping of other people, and diving into them, 1. To get the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
will draw it out as from a well, as the Queen of Sheba did, 1Kings 10.