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Proverbs 27:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 27:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Whoever tends a fig tree eats its fruit,
and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
19 Just as water reflects one’s face,
so does one human heart reflect another.[a]
20 The netherworld and the abyss[b] are never satisfied;
the same is true of human eyes.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:19 The Greek has: “As no two faces are ever alike, / unlike also are the hearts of men.”
- Proverbs 27:20 The netherworld and the abyss: see note on Job 26:6; see also Prov 15:11. Are never satisfied: see Isa 5:14. The same is true of human eyes: see Eccl 4:8.
