Proverbs 27:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong; 4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;
  • 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 4:12-13 : 12 Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire: 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees. 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
  • 2 Sam 10:11-12 : 11 And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help. 12 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
  • 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains. 10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him: 12 If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us: 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:18-19
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    18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

    19 Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

  • Prov 27:9-11
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    75%

    9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

    10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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    9 He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

    10 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.

  • Prov 18:24
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    24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

  • Prov 27:14-16
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    14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

    15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

    16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

  • Prov 27:21
    71%

    21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

  • Jer 15:12
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    12 Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?

  • Isa 41:6-7
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    6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!

    7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

  • Prov 27:5-6
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    69%

    5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.

    6 The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Prov 22:11
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    11 He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
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    9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

    10 And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

    11 So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

  • Prov 16:28
    68%

    28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • 1 Sam 13:20
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    20 But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;

  • Ps 55:13
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    13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

  • Job 6:27
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    27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

  • Prov 17:9
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    9 He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

  • Ezek 21:9-11
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    9 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:

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

    11 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.

  • Prov 25:18
    67%

    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 26:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

    19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

  • Prov 25:22-23
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    67%

    22 For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

    23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

  • Job 5:17
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    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

  • Job 28:2
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    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

  • Prov 25:11
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    11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Job 22:21
    66%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

  • Prov 19:4
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    4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

  • Job 6:14
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    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.