Proverbs 27:17
Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron); 1 so one ish sharpeneth another. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 2:24And they said unto Yehoshua, Truly Hashem hath delivered into yadeinu kol HaAretz; for even all the inhabitants of HaAretz do faint because of us.
1 Samuel 13:20But kol Yisroel went down to the Pelishtim, to sharpen every ish his plowshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his hoe.
2 Samuel 10:11And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt be for me for yeshu'ah (salvation, rescue); but if the Bnei Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come for you for yeshu'ah (salvation, rescue).
Proverbs 27:9Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev; 1 so doth the sweet discourse of a re'a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul). 1
Isaiah 35:3Make ye the weak hands chazak (strong), 1 and steady the birkayim (knees) koshlot (feeble ones [knees] that give way, i.e., of those of the Golus returning to G-d in Tziyon). 1
1 Thessalonians 3:3This was for the tachlis that no one be unsettled because of ES TZARAH. For you yourselves have da'as that we have a divine calendar date with ES TZARAH.
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 →