Proverbs 27:16

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

John 12:3

Mary therefore took a pound 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.

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Summary

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

The ointment

General references

Bible References

The ointment

John 12:3
Mary therefore took a pound 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.

General references

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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