Proverbs 27:19

As faces are not like other faces, 1 So neither are the thoughts of men. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18He that plants a fig tree shall eat the fruits of it: 1 So he that waits on his own master shall be honored. 1

20a He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; 1 And the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over 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 →

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