Proverbs 27:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

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

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

John 12:3

Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.