Proverbs 27:18
Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
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17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was in charge of all that he had: “Place your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 39:22who delivered into his hand all the prisoners who were held in custody. And whatever was done, was under him.
1 Samuel 2:30Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.
2 Kings 5:2Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.
2 Kings 5:27So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.
Psalms 123:2if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:18
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. This intimates both the pleasure and the advantage of conversation. One man is nobody; nor will poring upon a book in a corner accomplish a man as the reading and studying of men will. Wise and profitable discourse sharpens men's wits; and those that have ever so much knowledge may by conference have something added to them. It sharpens men's looks, and, by cheering the spirits, puts a briskness and liveliness into the countenance, and… Read the whole commentary →