Proverbs 27:18
He that plants a fig tree shall eat the fruits of it: 1 So he that waits on his own master shall be honored. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
17Iron sharpens iron; 1 And a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. 1
19As faces are not like other faces, 1 So neither are the thoughts of men. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And Abraham said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,
Genesis 39:22And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me forever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honor them that honor me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.
2 Kings 5:2And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy also of Naaman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
Psalms 123:2If it had not been that the Lord was among us, 1 When men rose up against 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 →