Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 2:24And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them.
1 Samuel 13:20So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.
2 Samuel 10:11And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
Proverbs 27:9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.
1 Thessalonians 3:3That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:16-17
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for… Read the whole commentary →