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Proverbs 27:19
Proverbs 27:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
King James Version
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
World English Bible
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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Proverbs 27:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
James 1:23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
James 1:24and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
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.
Psalms 33:15He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,