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Proverbs 27:19
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:19 · Darby 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.
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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In context
16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19 As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
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