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Proverbs 27:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 27 · verse 17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Proverbs 27:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 27:17 in context
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary