17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. …
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17)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 a…
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