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Proverbs 27:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Proverbs 27:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 honored.
19 Just as water reflects the face,
so one human heart reflects another.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Heb face
Proverbs 27:17-19
New International Version
Proverbs 27:17-19
New International Version
17 As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,(A)
and whoever protects their master will be honored.(B)
19 As water reflects the face,
so one’s life reflects the heart.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you
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