Proverbs 27:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects one person to another.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

Proverbs 27:19 Cross References

Genesis 6:5

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Psalm 33:15

He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,