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Proverbs 27:19

Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

In Context

18Whoso kepeth his figge tree, shall eate the fruites thereof: so he that wayteth vpon his maister, shall come to honour.

20Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart [was] only euyll euery day.

Mark 7:21For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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