Proverbs 27:19
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
In context
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. 18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. 19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. 21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. 22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:19 in the KJV
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:19 in the NIV
As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.