Bible verse
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
Proverbs 27:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 27.
12 The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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.
19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
KJV
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
ASV
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
ERV
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
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