Proverbs 20:5

Authorized (King James) Version

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

Proverbs 20:5

21st Century King James Version

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

¹⁸Every purpose is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war.

¹⁸Every purpose is established by counsel, but only with good advice make war.

⁹Speak not in the ears of a fool:
for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

⁹Speak not to the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

⁹Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by counsel from the heart.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)