Proverbs 20:5
The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
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- Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- Psalm 64:6 They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.