Proverbs 27:17

All About Life

¹⁶ Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. ¹⁷ Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. ¹⁸ The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

Iron Sharpens Iron

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

Job 4:3-4

Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

Hebrews 10:24

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

2 Samuel 10:11-12

And he saith, 'If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

2 Timothy 1:8

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

2 Timothy 1:12

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

2 Timothy 2:3

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

2 Timothy 2:9-13

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

James 1:2

All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

1 Peter 4:12-13

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

Joshua 1:18

Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

1 Samuel 11:9-10

And they say to the messengers who are coming, 'Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety -- by the heat of the sun;' and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;

Joshua 2:24

and they say unto Joshua, 'Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

1 Samuel 13:20-21

and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;