Proverbs 27:19
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
In Context
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, adultery, sexual immorality, murder, theft,
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 →