Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
In Context
16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
Cross References
Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
1 Samuel 13:20Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
2 Samuel 10:11“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
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 →