Proverbs 27:17

All About Life

¹⁶ restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand. ¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance. ¹⁸ Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

Iron Sharpens Iron

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

1 Samuel 23:16

Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

Job 4:3-4

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

Hebrews 10:24

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

2 Samuel 10:11-12

He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon 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 know that we are appointed to this task.

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

2 Timothy 1:12

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

2 Timothy 2:3

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9-13

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

1 Peter 4:12-13

Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

Joshua 1:18

Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."

1 Samuel 11:9-10

They said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."

1 Samuel 13:20-21

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;