Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

铁磨铁，磨出刃来；朋友相感也是如此。

以铁磨铁，越磨越利，朋友当面琢磨，也是如此。

以铁磨铁，越磨越利，朋友当面琢磨，也是如此。

朋友互相切磋，如铁磨铁越磨越利。

铁磨铁，磨得锋利；朋友互相切磋，才智（“才智”原文作“面”）也变得敏锐。

铁磨利铁，朋友互相磨砺也是如此。

鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來；朋友相感也是如此。

以鐵磨鐵，越磨越利，朋友當面琢磨，也是如此。

以鐵磨鐵，越磨越利，朋友當面琢磨，也是如此。

朋友互相切磋，如鐵磨鐵越磨越利。

鐵磨鐵，磨得鋒利；朋友互相切磋，才智（“才智”原文作“面”）也變得敏銳。

鐵磨鐵、使它銳利；朋友相琢磨、使容光煥發。

鐵磨利鐵，朋友互相磨礪也是如此。

友朋相磨、如以鐵礪鐵、

以鐵治鐵、交相磨礪、益友亦若是、

鐵刃礪以鐵、人怒激以人、

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another.

As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.

As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Indeed, you have instructed many and have strengthened weak hands.Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling and braced the knees that were buckling.

Then Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and encouraged him in his faith in God,

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees!Say to the cowardly:“ Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.

“ If the Arameans are too strong for me,” Joab said,“ then you will be my help. However, if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I’ll come to help you.Be strong! We must prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the Lord’s will be done.”

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.This saying is trustworthy: For if we have died with Him, we will also live with Him;if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

He told the messengers who had come,“ Tell this to the men of Jabesh-gilead:‘ Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” So the messengers told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash,“ Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do whatever you want to us.”

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

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles.The price was two-thirds of a shekel for plows and mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for pitchforks and axes, and for putting a point on an oxgoad.

They told Joshua,“ The Lord has handed over the entire land to us. Everyone who lives in the land is also panicking because of us.”