11 Bible Verses about Sharpening
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If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must put more strength to it. But wisdom is profitable to direct.
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his plowshare, and his mattock, and his axe, and his coulter.
If I sharpen My glittering sword, and if My hand takes hold in judgment, I will give vengeance to My enemies and will reward those that hate Me.
If he does not turn, He will whet His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
Son of man, prophesy and say, So says Jehovah. Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished. It is sharpened in order to slaughter; it is polished so that there may be a flash to it. Or shall we rejoice? You are despising the rod of My son, as if it were every tree.
Sharpen the arrows; gather the shields; Jehovah has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of His temple.
And He has given it to be polished, to be taken by the hand. The sword, it is sharpened, and it it polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
It is sharpened in order to slaughter; it is polished so that there may be a flash to it. Or shall we rejoice? You are despising the rod of My son, as if it were every tree.
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.