Proverbs 27:16

New International Version

restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

John 12:3

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.