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Proverbs 27:16
Proverbs 27:16 is verse 16 of Proverbs chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
King James Version
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
World English Bible
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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Proverbs 27:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 12:3Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.