Proverbs 20:5

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

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One song meets this passage

  • Under the Sea (Soundtrack Version) · Samuel E. Wright

    strains against Proverbs 20:5

    Sebastian dismisses Ariel's longing outright rather than drawing it out to understand it, where wisdom counsels patient discernment of another's deeper desires.

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