Proverbs 27:17-19

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

¹⁸ He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

¹⁹ As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 27:17-19

Commentary on Proverbs 27:17

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We are cautioned to take heed whom we converse with. And directed to have in view, in conversation, to make one another wiser and better.

Commentary on Proverbs 27:18

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Though a calling be laborious and despised, yet those who keep to it, will find there is something to be got by it. God is a Master who has engaged to honour those who serve him faithfully.

Commentary on Proverbs 27:19

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One corrupt heart is like another; so are sanctified hearts: the former bear the same image of the earthly, the latter the same image of the heavenly. Let us carefully watch our own hearts, comparing them with the word of God.

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