Iron Sharpens Iron

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by: Denise Robinson

04/21/2021

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How a child behave reflects on the parent. How spouses relate to one another speaks to their relationship and the regard in which they hold one another. How we work for an employer speaks to our character. Our friends tell us a lot about who we are. 


Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me. The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners. Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious spouse are alike; to restrain him or her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand. Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another. Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master (employer) will be honored. Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.  (Prov. 27:11-19)

There are two sayings in today's verses I really like. The first is "Ron sharpens iron." We cannot truly become "wise" by ourselves; we need one another and every now and then we need someone to tell us when we're not acting wisely (in a loving way, of course). Then there's the last verse: "one human heart reflects another." I think this proverb is saying that when we look at our closest friends and see their heart, we see something of our own.

Meditation: It is said that we can't pick our family, but we choose our friends. I have friends with whom I disagree about many things, but generally not the things that are most important to me. Things like how I treat others, my sense of right and wrong, my core beliefs. When you think about your closest friends, do you see your heart reflected? Is that important (do you think)?
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How a child behave reflects on the parent. How spouses relate to one another speaks to their relationship and the regard in which they hold one another. How we work for an employer speaks to our character. Our friends tell us a lot about who we are. 


Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me. The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners. Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious spouse are alike; to restrain him or her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand. Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another. Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master (employer) will be honored. Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.  (Prov. 27:11-19)

There are two sayings in today's verses I really like. The first is "Ron sharpens iron." We cannot truly become "wise" by ourselves; we need one another and every now and then we need someone to tell us when we're not acting wisely (in a loving way, of course). Then there's the last verse: "one human heart reflects another." I think this proverb is saying that when we look at our closest friends and see their heart, we see something of our own.

Meditation: It is said that we can't pick our family, but we choose our friends. I have friends with whom I disagree about many things, but generally not the things that are most important to me. Things like how I treat others, my sense of right and wrong, my core beliefs. When you think about your closest friends, do you see your heart reflected? Is that important (do you think)?
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