💡WEB · Proverbs 27:16
What does Proverbs 27:16 mean?
"restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand."
— Proverbs 27:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
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