Proverbs 27:16
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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- John 12:3 : 3 Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
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17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
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11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
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22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
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26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
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5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
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27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
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24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
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21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
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23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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9 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
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19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
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5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
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28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
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16 A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
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23 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
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2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
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20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
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23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
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16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
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5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
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24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
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12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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17 She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
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6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
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32 "If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
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18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
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14 A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
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15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!
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6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
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9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.