As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Voices3
This story was told: There were three friends, serious men, who became monks. One of them chose to make peace between men who were at odds, as it is written, 'Blessed are the peacemakers' (Matt. 5:9). The second chose to visit the sick. The third …
Desert Fathers· The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks, 500patristic
As in water face answereth to face,.... As water is as a looking glass, in which a man may behold his own face and another's; or as the face in the water answers to the face of a man, and there is a great likeness between them.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
As we see our own face when we look on the mirror-like surface of the water, so in every heart of man we may see our own likeness. In spite of all diversities we come upon the common human nature in which we all alike share. Others see in the reference to the reflection in the water the thought that we judge of others by ourselves, find them faithful or the reverse, as we ourselves are.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
leads to
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
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Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
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because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches4
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
