19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:19
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 19
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As waterכַּ֭מַּיִםH4325Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine pluralreflects the faceהַפָּנִ֣יםH6440Article | Noun - masculine plural. . .לַפָּנִ֑יםH6440Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine pluralsoכֵּ֤ןH3651Adverbthe heartלֵֽב־H3820Noun - masculine singular constructreflects the true manהָ֝אָדָ֗םH120Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .לָאָדָֽם׃H120Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular