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)

Proverbs 20:5-7

King James Version

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

⁶Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

⁷The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

⁶Most men will proclaim each his own ^[a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

⁷^(A)The righteous man walks in his integrity;
^(B)His children are blessed after him.

New International Version (NIV)