Proverbs 27:19

As mayim reflecteth the face, 1 so one lev ha'adam reflects another. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof, 1 so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored. 1

20Sheol and Avaddon are never full; 1 so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha'aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually. + 6:5 Ro 7:18

Mark 7:21For from within the lev of the ben Adam comes evil cravings and machshavot: then zenunim (fornications), gneyvot (thefts), retzichot (murders),

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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