Proverbs 27:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens a friend.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:17 Cross References

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

1 Samuel 23:16

Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.

2 Timothy 2:3

Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

James 1:2

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,

2 Timothy 1:8

Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, in the power of God,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.

2 Timothy 1:12

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

Joshua 1:18

Whoever rebels against your orders and disobeys your words, whatever you command, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before us.”

Proverbs 27:16

to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.

Proverbs 27:18

Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

John 11:29

And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him.