Sharpening
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpen.
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Liii. The Contemplation of Death.
... white, and the bridegroom in his most gallant apparel, but as he went along, he
heard a sound of a file from the executioner's room, who was sharpening his axe ...
/.../liii the contemplation of death.htm

The Death of the Christian
... The reaper is coming. Even now I hear the sickle sharpening. The reaper hath
well edged it, and he shall soon cut the corn down. See! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the death of the christian.htm

Death to Sin is the Way Out into a Life of Holiness.
... See this bit of gorse-bush. The whole year round the thorn has been hardening and
sharpening. ... The whole year round the thorn has been hardening and sharpening. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the cross/death to sin is the.htm

Hebrews x. 19-23
... But not unto emulation (he says) but "unto the sharpening of love." What is "unto
the sharpening of love"? Unto the loving and being loved more. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xix hebrews x 19-23.htm

For Eighteen Years, New Sects, Or, Rather, Posthumous Sects...
... world for the sole scene of existence; the body for the only condition of being;
the prolonging of life a few more years for its only hope; a sharpening of the ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xiv for eighteen years new.htm

Of the Method in which Grammarians and Professional Speakers are ...
... of which is the reason why they are called also mysteries, the power wielded by
these intricacies of enigmatical utterances in the way of sharpening our love ...
/.../augustine/on the catechising of the uninstructed/chapter 9 of the method in.htm

Cast Your Eye Round the Room in which You Sit...
... a fire. I have my doubts about pencil-sharpeners even for sharpening pencils;
and about hot water pipes even for heat. But when ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 17 cast your eye.htm

When Lord Morley Said that the House of Lords must be Either ...
... With the state they are doing this; they are sharpening its machinery, they are
blackening in its black dogmatic lines, they are making mere government in ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 43 when lord morley.htm

Ears and no Ears
... It is interesting to notice that our Lord, like the rest of us, had to use such
means of riveting and sharpening the attention of His hearers. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/ears and no ears.htm

The True Branches of the True vine
... 'Ye are the branches' is the one side of that sharpening and making definite of
the truth in its personal application, and the other side is, 'Thou art the man ...
/.../the true branches of the.htm

Thesaurus
Sharpening (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpen. Multi-Version
Concordance Sharpening (1 Occurrence). 1 Samuel 13:21 and it ...
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Knife (10 Occurrences)
... sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (5.) Smaller knives (Hebrews ta'ar, Jeremiah 36:26)
were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned ...
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Grind (12 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. 11. (n.)
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. ...
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Whet (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose
of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife. ...
/w/whet.htm - 8k

Tools (3 Occurrences)
... In 1 Samuel 13:21 English Versions of the Bible speaks of sharpening with a file,
but the text of the verse is hopelessly corrupt and the translation mere ...
/t/tools.htm - 14k

Pointing (13 Occurrences)
... n.) of Point. 2. (n.) The act of sharpening. 3. (n.) The act of designating, as
a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. ...
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Sharpeneth (4 Occurrences)

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Steel (7 Occurrences)
... steel. 3. (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. 4. (n.) An instrument
of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. 5. (n ...
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Strap (4 Occurrences)
... stirrup strap. 3. (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with
a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop. 4. (n ...
/s/strap.htm - 8k

Sharpens (2 Occurrences)

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Resources
What does it mean that iron sharpens iron? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Fellowship Bible Church movement (Gene Getz)? | GotQuestions.org

Why are there so many Christian denominations? | GotQuestions.org

Sharpening: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Sharpening (1 Occurrence)

1 Samuel 13:21
and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry."
(See RSV NIV)

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Steel (7 Occurrences)

Strap (4 Occurrences)

Sharpens (2 Occurrences)

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