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Proverbs 27:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

16 Whoever would hide her hides a stormwind
    and cannot tell north from south.
17 Iron is sharpened by iron;
    one person sharpens another.[a]
18 Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit;
    so those attentive to their master will be honored.

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  1. 27:17 Iron sharpens the “face” (panim = surface, edge) of iron, and a human being sharpens the “face” (panim = face, words) of another. Human beings learn from each other and grow in wisdom by conversing.
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