Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. — read the full passage →

In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we--we also are in this world;

And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given <FI>to<Fi> the treasury of the house of Jehovah;

and the people who <FI>are<Fi> in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.

and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.

and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,

Doth one break iron--northern iron, and brass?

Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

Iron from the dust is taken, And <FI>from<Fi> the firm stone brass.

And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah,

And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance--there is no weighing.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead <FI>is<Fi> a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!

They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

His bones <FI>are<Fi> tubes of brass, His bones <FI>are<Fi> as a bar of iron.

(for Thy people and Thy inheritance <FI>are<Fi> they, whom Thou didst bring out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron) --

and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'

thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones <FI>are<Fi> iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

`After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it <FI>is<Fi> diverse from all the beasts that <FI>are<Fi> before it; and it hath ten horns.

From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. — read the full passage →

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour <FI>is<Fi> not comely for a fool. — read the full passage →

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.

And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously--brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

As to the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is strong, and some part of it is brittle.

Thou wast looking till that a stone hath been cut out without hands, and it hath smitten the image on its feet, that <FI>are<Fi> of iron and of clay, and it hath broken them small;

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

And they say to the messengers who are coming, `Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety--by the heat of the sun;' and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice; — read the full passage →

And the sons of Joseph say, `The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron <FI>is<Fi> with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley--to him who <FI>is<Fi> in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who <FI>is<Fi> in the valley of Jezreel.'

and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

And the second messenger did pour out his vial to the sea, and there came blood as of <FI>one<Fi> dead, and every living soul died in the sea.

and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them <FI>are<Fi> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace--dross hath silver been,

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,

and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for <FI>things of<Fi> gold, and the silver for <FI>those of<Fi> silver, and the brass for <FI>those of<Fi> brass, the iron for <FI>those of<Fi> iron, and the wood for <FI>those of<Fi> wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all <FI>kinds of<Fi> precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.

and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

because true and righteous <FI>are<Fi> His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'

and the first did go away, and did pour out his vial upon the land, and there came a sore--bad and grievous--to men, those having the mark of the beast, and those bowing to his image.

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron--as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken--as I also have received from my Father;

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

and the truth shall make you free.'

And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →

this one was in the beginning with God;

In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them, — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

Do two walk together if they have not met?

And the Chaldeans speak to the king <FI>in<Fi> Aramaean, `O king, to the ages live, tell the dream to thy servants, and the interpretation we do shew.'

Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.

Tarshish <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.

`And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.