11 Bible Verses about Sharpening

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

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

Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished: It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...

Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)