Henry on Proverbs 17:7

Matthew Henry has this to say about Proverbs 17:7 (Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend):

“This is designed, 1. To recommend to us this expedient for sharpening ourselves, but with a caution to take heed whom we choose to converse with, because the influence upon us is so great either for the better or for the worse.  2.  To direct us what we must have in our eye in conversation, namely to improve both others and ourselves, not to pass away time or banter one another, but to provoke one another to love and to good works and to make one another wiser and better.”

~ by synopsisblog on September 27, 2007.