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17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one person sharpens the wits[a] of another.
18 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and anyone who takes care of a master will be honoured.
19 Just as water reflects the face,
    so one human heart reflects another.

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  1. Proverbs 27:17 Heb face

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