Bible Verses about “iron sharpens iron”
Found 30 verses (ordered by relevance) about “iron sharpens iron” in the KJV version of the Bible
“¶ Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
“¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.”
“Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.”
“¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.”
“¶ Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.”
“¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
“¶ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
“Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?”
“¶ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.”
“¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.”
“¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.”
“And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.”
“¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.”
“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.”
“¶ As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.”
“And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.”
“¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.”
“¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”
“For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?”
“¶ [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.”
“Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].”
“¶ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.”
“¶ Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.”
“The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.”
“¶ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”
“¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”
“¶ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.”
“The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.”
“¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.”
“Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.”