VerseBede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs Read all of Proverbs 27 →
Proverbs 27:17
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“Iron sharpens iron, etc. The consultation and advice of the wise is quite good, where they instruct each other by consulting, iron sharpens iron.”
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17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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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.
— Proverbs 27:17 —
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.