Proverbs 27:19

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.

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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ÅB: Slik som ansikt speiler seg mot ansikt i vannet, så finner det ene menneske sitt hjerte igjen hos det andre.
OTB: Som vann gjenspeiler ansiktet, slik gjenspeiler en persons hjerte personen.
B1930: Likesom ansikt speiler sig mot ansikt i vannet, så finner det ene menneske sitt hjerte igjen hos det andre.

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.
WEB: Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
ASV: As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.
DARBY: As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
BLB: As [in] the water the face [is] to the face, so the heart of the man [is] to the man.

James 1:22–25
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
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Psalms 33:15
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
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Mark 7:21
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
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Genesis 6:5
Then 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.
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