Proverbs 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: 1 So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 1
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17Iron sharpeneth iron; 1 So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 1
19As in water face answereth to face, 1 So the heart of man to man. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis 39:22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
2 Kings 5:2And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Psalms 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, 1 And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; 1 So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, 1 Until that he have mercy upon us. 1
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 →