1 Samuel 13:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel; for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

1 Samuel 13:21

So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.

2 Chronicles 34:6

And in the cities of Manasses, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephtali, he demolished all.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.