Proverbs 27:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.

John 12:3

Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.