Proverbs 27:17
We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool; similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, “We are sure that Yahweh is going to enable us to possess everything that is in that land. The people there are terrified [IDM] because of us.”
1 Samuel 13:20So whenever the Israelis needed to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things.
2 Samuel 10:11Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men.
Proverbs 27:9Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.
Isaiah 35:3So, encourage those who are tired and weak.
1 Thessalonians 3:3We wanted none of you to consider turning away from Christ as a result of people causing you to suffer. You know that God has planned that we who trust in him will suffer like that when people do that to us who trust in him.
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 →