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Proverbs 20:5

5 ^aCounsel in the ^bheart of man is like deep ^cwater; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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a D&C 78:2

2 And listen to the counsel of him who has ordained you from on high, who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom, that salvation may be unto you in that thing which you have presented before me, saith the Lord God.

b D&C 11:26

26 Therefore, treasure up in your ^bheart until the time which is in my wisdom that you shall go forth.

c Prov. 18:4

4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep ^awaters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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man		10
not		7
lord		6
will		5
king		4
men		3
can		3
evil		3
own		3
every		3
divers		3
weights		2
after		2
naught		2
bread		2
good		2
counsel		2
therefore		2
make		2
blessed		2
heart		2
take		2
abomination		2
even		2
out		2
throne		2
parts		2
inward		2
whether		2
pure		2
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1 Cor. 14:19-20 (3/2)
Deut. 4:6 (2/1)
Prov. 10:13 (2/1)
2 Ne. 31:3 (2/1)
D&C 76:9 (2/1)
1 Kgs. 3:11-12 (2/2)
2 Chr. 2:12-13 (2/2)
Job 12:12-13 (2/2)
Prov. 2:2-3 (2/2)
Prov. 3:4-5 (2/2)
Prov. 17:27-28 (2/2)
Isa. 11:2-3 (2/2)
Dan. 5:11-12 (2/2)
Obad. 1:7-8 (2/2)
2 Ne. 21:2-3 (2/2)
2 Ne. 27:26-27 (2/2)