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Proverbs 20:5

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:3

    It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  2. Proverbs 20:4

    The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  3. Proverbs 20:6

    Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

  4. Proverbs 20:7

    The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.