Proverbs 27:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects one person to another.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.

Proverbs 27:19 Cross References

Psalm 33:15

he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.

Mark 7:21

For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Proverbs 27:18

Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.