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Iron Sharpens Iron-

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

When your in the heat of the battle bring your friend alone
So we may together in battle reign on

This question came about because,
 As many of you may know,
 Iron doesn't sharpen iron. In general, 
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend”. 

Rubbing two like pieces of metal together will only result
 In the production of heat 
Used as a general metaphor...
 Usually symbolizing judgement,
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend”.
 
Man's punishments, or the systematic breaking up 
of what preceded it
 Since iron was  still a "high-tech" material physical 

“Iron sharpens iron, 
 One man sharpens the face his neighbor,” 
Universally seen as positive. 
Some view this maxim as an example of “tough love,”
 Others as a rewording of a verse earlier in this passage,
 “Faithful are the wounds of a friend”

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

When your in the heat of the battle bring your friend alone
So we may together in battle reign on

1/8/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©

Proverbs 27:17, 

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