Proverbs 20:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵Getting information from someone can be like getting water from a deep well. If you are smart, you will draw it out.

⁶You might call many people your “friends,” but it is hard to find someone who can really be trusted.

⁷When people live good, honest lives, their children are blessed.

Proverbs 20:5-7

New International Version

⁵The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,^(A)
but one who has insight draws them out.

⁶Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?^(B)

⁷The righteous lead blameless lives;^(C)
blessed are their children after them.^(D)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)