Proverbs 27:15-17

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¹⁵A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike;
¹⁶to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp oil in the right hand.^[a]
¹⁷Iron sharpens iron,
    and one person sharpens the wits^[b] of another.

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Proverbs 27:16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 27:17 Heb face

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