Proverbs 27:17

All About Life

¹⁶ He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith. ¹⁷ Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend. ¹⁸ Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

Iron Sharpens Iron

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

Job 4:3-4

Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

2 Samuel 10:11-12

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

2 Timothy 1:8

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

2 Timothy 1:12

And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

2 Timothy 2:3

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9-13

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

James 1:2

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

1 Peter 4:12-13

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

Joshua 1:18

Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.

1 Samuel 11:9-10

Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.

1 Samuel 13:20-21

But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;