11 Bible Verses about Sharpening

If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.

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

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished, sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)

"Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields!The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.

So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.

sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah