Proverbs 27:16
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
In Context
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Cross References
John 12:3Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:16-17
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. Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for… Read the whole commentary →