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15 Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain
    and a woman[a] of contention are alike.
16 In restraining her, he restrains wind,[b]
    and his right hand will grasp oil[c].
17 As iron sharpens[d] iron,
    so one man sharpens another.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:15 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 27:16 Or “breath, or “spirit”
  3. Proverbs 27:16 Or “fat”
  4. Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
  5. Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”