Proverbs 20:5-30 - ESV - The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water...

5 The purpose in a man's heart is like ¹deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Many a man ²proclaims his own steadfast love, but ³a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous who ⁴walks in his integrity-- ⁵blessed are his children after him!

8 ⁶A king who sits on the throne of judgment ⁷winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 ⁸Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

10 ⁹Unequal^a weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ¹⁰makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^b

12 ¹¹The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ¹²the LORD has made them both.

13 ¹³Love not sleep, lest you ¹⁴come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ¹⁵plenty of bread.

14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.

15 There is gold and abundance of ¹⁶costly stones, ¹⁷but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ¹⁸Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ¹⁹hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^c

17 ²⁰Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ²¹gravel.

18 ²²Plans are established by counsel; by ²³wise guidance ²⁴wage war.

19 Whoever ²⁵goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ²⁶a simple babbler.^d

20 ²⁷If one curses his father or his mother, ²⁸his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

21 ²⁹An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, ³⁰"I will repay evil"; ³¹wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 ³²Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and ³³false scales are not good.

24 A man's ³⁴steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only ³⁵after making vows.

26 A wise king ³⁶winnows the wicked and drives ³⁷the wheel over them.

27 ³⁸The spirit^e of man is the lamp of the LORD, ³⁹searching all ⁴⁰his innermost parts.

28 ⁴¹Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his ⁴²throne is upheld.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, but ⁴³the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30 ⁴⁴Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean ⁴⁵the innermost parts.

Provérbios 20:5 Como águas profundas é o propósito no coração do homem; mas o homem inteligente o descobrirá.

Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Provérbios 20:5 Os propósitos do coração do homem são águas profundas,mas quem tem discernimento os traz à tona.

Proverbs 20:5-30 ESV