Proverbs 27:19

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

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WEBBE

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

BSB

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

KJV

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

ASV

As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.

BBE

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 19

One corrupt heart is like another; so are sanctified hearts: the former bear the same image of the earthly, the latter the same image of the heavenly. Let us carefully watch our own hearts, comparing them with the word of God.

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