19 As 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 water כַּ֭מַּיִם H4325 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural reflects the face הַפָּנִ֣ים H6440 Article | Noun - masculine plural . . . לַפָּנִ֑ים H6440 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural so כֵּ֤ן H3651 Adverb the heart לֵֽב־ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct reflects the true man הָ֝אָדָ֗ם H120 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . לָאָדָֽם׃ H120 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular