Proverbs 27:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens 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 stir up one another to love and good works,

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose, and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.

2 Timothy 2:3

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,

2 Timothy 1:8

Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be our lot.

2 Timothy 1:12

and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

Joshua 1:18

Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.”

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of us.”

Proverbs 27:16

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

Proverbs 27:18

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.

John 11:29

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