As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one's right hand.
Proverbs 27:18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
Treasury of Scripture
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
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1 Samuel 13:20,21
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock…
Joshua 1:18
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Joshua 2:24
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
1 Samuel 11:9,10
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad…
