Proverbs 27:17

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Proverbs 27:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

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1 Samuel 13:20

Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

1 Samuel 13:21

The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

Joshua 1:18

Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”

Joshua 2:24

“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”

1 Samuel 11:9

So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

1 Samuel 11:10

Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

2 Samuel 10:11

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

Job 4:3

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

Job 4:4

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

2 Timothy 2:3

Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

2 Timothy 2:10

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:11

This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

2 Timothy 2:12

if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

James 1:2

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.