Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]
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- Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
Hebrews 10:24
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24 And (A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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Proverbs 27:9
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9 (A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]
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- Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel
Job 4:3-4
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3 Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have (A)strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have (B)made firm the feeble knees.
1 Samuel 23:16
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16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
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2 Timothy 2:3
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3 (A)Share in suffering as (B)a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 (A)Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
4 Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
(B)Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
1 Peter 4:12-13
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice (B)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (C)when his glory is revealed.
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2 Samuel 10:11-12
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11 And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 12 (A)Be of good courage, and (B)let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and (C)may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
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James 1:2
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Testing of Your Faith
2 (A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds,
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2 Timothy 1:8
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8 Therefore (A)do not be ashamed of (B)the testimony about our Lord, nor of (C)me his prisoner, but (D)share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
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2 Timothy 2:9-13
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9 (A)for which I am suffering, (B)bound with chains as a criminal. But (C)the word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore (D)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain (E)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with (F)eternal glory. 11 The saying is (G)trustworthy, for:
(H)If we have died with him, we will also (I)live with him;
12 (J)if we endure, we will also reign with him;
(K)if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 (L)if we are faithless, (M)he remains faithful—
for (N)he cannot deny himself.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3
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3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (A)we are destined for this.
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 (A)which is why I suffer as I do. But (B)I am not ashamed, for (C)I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until (D)that day (E)what has been entrusted to me.[a]
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- 2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
Joshua 1:18
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18 Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. (A)Only be strong and courageous.”
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1 Samuel 11:9-10
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9 And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have (A)salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, (B)“Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.”
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Joshua 2:24
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24 And they said to Joshua, “Truly (A)the Lord has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land (B)melt away because of us.”
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1 Samuel 13:20-21
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20 But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,[a] 21 and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel[b] for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel[c] for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.[d]
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- 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plowshare
- 1 Samuel 13:21 Hebrew was a pim
- 1 Samuel 13:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Samuel 13:21 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
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