VERSE STUDY • KJV

Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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