¹⁶ [In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil. ¹⁷ [As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}. ¹⁸ He who 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

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.

1 Samuel 23:16

So Jonathan the son of Saul got up and went to David [at] Horesh, and {encouraged him} through God.

Job 4:3-4

Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,

2 Samuel 10:11-12

Then he said, "If Aram [is] stronger than I [am], you must become my deliverer; but if the {Ammonites} [are] too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen [the] weak hands and make [the] staggering knees firm.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

[so that] no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For [you] yourselves know that we are appointed for this,

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with [me] for the gospel, according to the power of God,

2 Timothy 1:12

for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.

2 Timothy 2:3

Suffer together with [me] as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9-13

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

James 1:2

Consider [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,

1 Peter 4:12-13

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.

Joshua 1:18

Whoever {rebels against your orders} and does not obey your words according to what you commanded us will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."

1 Samuel 11:9-10

They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you will say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow deliverance for you will come {when the sun is hot}.'" When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua, "Surely Yahweh has given all the land into our hand; also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away [in fear] because of our presence."

1 Samuel 13:20-21

So all Israel [went] down to [the] Philistines, each to have his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his iron plowshare sharpened.

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