5 The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5 The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5 Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
5 Though good advice lies deep within the heart, a person with understanding will draw it out.
8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
8 The words of a talebearer
8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
8 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?
8 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.
8 Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one's heart.
(Read Proverbs 18:8)
How base are those that sow contention! and what fatal effects may be expected from small beginnings of jealousy!
11 For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
11 Who ever knows what you're thinking and planning except you yourself? The same with God - except that he not only knows what he's thinking,
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
11 No one can know a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own Spirit.
(Read 1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
God has revealed true wisdom to us by his Spirit. Here is a proof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, 2 Peter 1:21. In proof of the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, observe, that he knows all things, and he searches all things, even the deep things of God. No one can know the things of God, but his Holy Spirit, who is one with the Father and the Son, and who makes known Divine mysteries to his church. This is most clear testimony, both to the real Godhead and the distinct person of the Holy Spirit. The apostles were not guided by worldly principles. They had the revelation of these things from the Spirit of God, and the saving impression of them from the same Spirit. These things they declared in plain, simple language, taught by the Holy Spirit, totally different from the affected oratory or enticing words of man's wisdom. The natural man, the wise man of the world, receives not the things of the Spirit of God. The pride of carnal reasoning is really as much opposed to spirituality, as the basest sensuality. The sanctified mind discerns the real beauties of holiness, but the power of discerning and judging about common and natural things is not lost. But the carnal man is a stranger to the principles, and pleasures, and actings of the Divine life. The spiritual man only, is the person to whom God gives the knowledge of his will. How little have any known of the mind of God by natural power! And the apostles were enabled by his Spirit to make known his mind. In the Holy Scriptures, the mind of Christ, and the mind of God in Christ, are fully made known to us. It is the great privilege of Christians, that they have the mind of Christ revealed to them by his Spirit. They experience his sanctifying power in their hearts, and bring forth good fruits in their lives.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 20:5
Commentary on Proverbs 20:5
(Read Proverbs 20:5)
Though many capable of giving wise counsel are silent, yet something may be drawn from them, which will reward those who obtain it.