Proverbs 27:17

World English Bible (2000)

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 10:24 : 24 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands. 4 Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
  • 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 4:12-13 : 12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Tell those who have a fearful heart, "Be strong. Don't be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God's retribution. He will come and save you.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Therefore don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
  • 2 Sam 10:11-12 : 11 He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 12 Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him."
  • 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."

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  • Prov 27:9-11
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    9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

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    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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  • Prov 18:24
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    24A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 27:14-16
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    14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

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    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

  • Jer 15:12
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    12Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?

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    5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

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    11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

  • Prov 17:3
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  • Eccl 4:9-11
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  • Prov 16:28
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  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • 1 Sam 13:20
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    20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

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    13But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

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    14"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.