Proverbs 27:16

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Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

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  • John 12:3 : 3 Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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  • Prov 27:15
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    15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    72%

    2 So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

    3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Prov 27:17
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    17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

  • Prov 7:11-13
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    11 She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12 Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

    13 She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him:

  • Prov 11:22
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    22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.

    20 Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26 I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Deut 25:11
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    11 If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,

  • Mic 7:5
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    5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

  • Job 31:27
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    27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

  • Prov 6:24-27
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    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

    27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

  • Prov 7:21
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    21 With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

  • Prov 25:23-24
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    23 As the north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

    24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.

  • Prov 17:9
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    9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    19 The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

    20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

  • Prov 11:16
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    16 A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain wealth.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23 an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

  • Prov 27:9
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    9 Oil and perfume bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from heartfelt counsel.

  • Isa 32:2
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    2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 2:16
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    5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16 Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

  • Prov 29:24
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  • Prov 27:12
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  • Prov 30:32
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  • Prov 10:18
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    18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe in the lap pacifies intense wrath.

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    29 Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

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    32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

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