Verse 19
Proverbs 27:19
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
19
As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כַּ֭/מַּיִם הַ/פָּנִ֣ים לַ/פָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב הָ֝/אָדָ֗ם לָ/אָדָֽם
English Translation
Like water reflects a face, so a heart reflects a heart.
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Chapter 27 Context
1
Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
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2
Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
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3
A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
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4
Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
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5
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
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6
Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
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7
A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitte...
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8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
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9
Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
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10
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day...
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11
Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproache...
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12
The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
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13
Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers...
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14
He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that cur...
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15
Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
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16
He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right han...
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17
Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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18
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master,...
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19
As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to th...
20
Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
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21
As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him...
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22
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his fo...
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23
Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :
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24
For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
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25
The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountain...
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26
Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
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27
Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for main...
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