Proverbs 27:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Ps 33:15 : 15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
  • Mark 7:21 : 21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

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