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Proverbs 27:16-18
Lexham English Bible

16 In restraining her, he restrains wind,[a]
    and his right hand will grasp oil[b].
17 As iron sharpens[c] iron,
    so one man sharpens another.[d]
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who guards his master[e] will be honored.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:16 Or “breath, or “spirit”
  2. Proverbs 27:16 Or “fat”
  3. Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
  4. Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
  5. Proverbs 27:18 Or “lord”
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