Proverbs 27:19
As the water [showeth] to the face the [reflected] face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
In Context
18Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And God 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.
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 →