1 Samuel 13:20

The English Standar Version

But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,[4]

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:41

if I sharpen my flashing sword[8] and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears."

1 Samuel 13:21

and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel[5] for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel[6] for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.[7]

2 Chronicles 34:6

And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[1] all around,

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.[4]