Proverbs 27:16

The English Standar Version

to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp[3] oil in one's right hand.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

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

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.[4]

John 12:3

Mary therefore took a pound[1] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.