Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
In Context
16The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.
Cross References
Joshua 2:24And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.
1 Samuel 13:20And all Israel went down to the land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
2 Samuel 10:11And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.
Proverbs 27:9The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.
Isaiah 35:3+ 35:3 Heb. 12. 12. Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees.
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 →