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24 Ιαν 2024 · These are just a few verses leading up to iron sharpens iron in verse 17. Proverbs 27 is teaching the value of honest relationships that ultimately help us becoming more like Christ.
16 Σεπ 2015 · Proverbs 27:17 likens the interaction between two faithful friends who are seeking the improvement of one another to the sharpening of an iron stone or other iron tool against an iron sharpener.
Hebrew/Greek. Your Content. Proverbs 27:17. King James Version. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Read full chapter.
There is an interesting and perhaps convicting illustration of both friendship and accountability found in Proverbs 27:17, “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” (NASB). In Old Testament times, one iron blade was used to sharpen another blade until both became more effective tools.
King James Version. 27 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Comp. Proverbs 7:17 and note on Proverbs 21:17. Proverbs 27:10. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. (10) Better is a neighbour that is near.—.
Therefore, I should and must guide my thoughts toward godly things even while I pull the weeds and do the dishes and the laundry. Paul says with supreme wisdom: “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
