Charles Spurgeon Commentary Proverbs 27:18-19

"Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man." — Proverbs 27:18-19 (ASV)

If I look into water, I see the reflection of my own face, not another man's; and if I look into society, I will probably see men who think as I do.

How is it that a drunken man always finds other drunken men? How is it that lascivious men always have a bad opinion of the morality of other people? How is it that hypocrites always think other people are hypocrites? This is because they can see the reflection of their own faces.

When a man tells me that there is no love in the Church of God, I know it is because he sees his own face and knows that there is no love in himself. You will generally find that men measure other people's grain with their own bushels. They are sure to measure out to others according to their own measure; and thus they unconsciously betray themselves.