TSK · Proverbs 27:17

They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

He said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,