Proverbs 27:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron,
    and one person sharpens the wits^[a] of another.
¹⁸Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and anyone who takes care of a master will be honoured.
¹⁹Just as water reflects the face,
    so one human heart reflects another.

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Proverbs 27:17 Heb face

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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