As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too stron
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
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 tha
So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above
“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land