Proverbs 27:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:17 —

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Cross-References

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Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Job 4:3-4
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. …
1 Samuel 23:16
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. a man sharpeneth ... friend--that is, conversation promotes intelligence, which the face exhibits.