Proverbs 27:19
As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
In Context
18He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Mark 7:21For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:19
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. This is designed to encourage diligence, faithfulness, and constancy, even in mean employments. Though the calling be laborious and despicable, yet those who keep to it will find there is something to be got by it. 1. Let not a poor gardener, who keeps the fig-tree, be discouraged; though it require constant care and attendance to nurse up fig-trees, and, when they have grown to maturity, to keep them in… Read the whole commentary →