Proverbs 20:5–8

PROVERBS CHAPTER 20.

V. 5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, for his plans are hidden in his innermost heart; but a man of understanding, one who knows how to deal with men, will draw it out, he will judge the actions of men according to their motives and objects and draw the right conclusions.

V. 6. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, literally, “Many a man meets a man of his pleasantness,” for an outward show of pleasantness, an amiable exterior, is not unusual; but a faithful man, one upon whom one may depend in time of need, who can find? Such faithfulness is rare.

V. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity, he who in his innocence conducts himself uprightly, righteously, his children are blessed after him, if they follow him in his righteousness, the Lord’s blessing rests upon them to a thousand generations, Exodus 20, 6; Deuteronomy 7, 9.

V. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, dispensing justice in his capacity of sovereign, scattereth away all evil with his eyes, he searches out, he sifts by winnowing, and so separates the evil from the good, the right from the wrong.