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19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Proverbs 27:19

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  • But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. …

  • He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

  • For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

  • And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19)

This shows us that there is a way, 1. Of knowing ourselves. As the water is a looking-glass in which we may see our faces by reflection, so there are mirrors by which the heart of a man is discovered to a man , that is, to himself. Let a man examine his own conscience, his thoughts, affections, and intentions. Let him behold his natural face in the glass of the divine law (Jas. 1:23), and he may d…

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