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Proverbs 27:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 27:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Iron is sharpened by iron;
one person sharpens another.[a]
18 Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit;
so those attentive to their master will be honored.
19 As face mirrors face in water,
so the heart reflects the person.
Footnotes
- 27:17 Iron sharpens the “face” (panim = surface, edge) of iron, and a human being sharpens the “face” (panim = face, words) of another. Human beings learn from each other and grow in wisdom by conversing.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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