¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand. ¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
¹⁸ Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

Cross References

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.

Job 4:3-4

Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

2 Samuel 10:11-12

And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

2 Timothy 1:12

which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

2 Timothy 2:3

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9-13

for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

1 Peter 4:12-13

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Joshua 1:18

Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."

1 Samuel 11:9-10

And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, "Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us."

1 Samuel 13:20-21

But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,

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