Proverbs 27:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands. 4 Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have strengthened feeble knees.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David in the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
  • 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:12-13 : 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you: 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
  • 2 Sam 10:11-12 : 11 And 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 to help you. 12 Be of good courage, and let us be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do what seems good to him.
  • 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us; 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.

    19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man mirrors man.

  • Prov 27:9-11
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    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.

    10Do not forsake your own friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

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

    18A man lacking understanding shakes hands in a pledge, and becomes surety for his friend.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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    9Whoso removes stones shall be hurt by them; and he who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

    10If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

  • Prov 18:24
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    24A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 27:14-16
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    14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as a curse to him.

    15A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

    16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Jer 15:12
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    12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

  • Isa 41:6-7
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    6They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage.

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  • Prov 27:5-6
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    5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

  • Prov 22:11
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    11He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

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

    10For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has not another to help him up.

    11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone?

  • Prov 16:28
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    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • 1 Sam 13:20
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    20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen each man's plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

  • Ps 55:13
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    13But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance.

  • Job 41:27
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    27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

  • Job 6:27
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    27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

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    9He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Ezek 21:9-11
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    11And he has given it to be polished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Prov 25:22-23
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    22For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.

    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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  • Job 28:2
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  • Prov 15:23
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  • Job 22:21
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    24Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,

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    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Job 6:14
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    14To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.