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Proverbs 27:19

Identity and self-worthIntegrity

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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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.
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.

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