Proverbs 27:19

Just as water reflects a person's face, 1 so a person's heart reflects the person. 1

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

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18The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, 1 and the one who protects his master will be honored. 1

20Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, 1 so a man's eyes are never satisfied. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Mark 7:21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

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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