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Proverbs 27:19
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
Proverbs 27:19 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 27:19 in other translations
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
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In context
16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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