King James Version with Apocrypha
"Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself."
— Proverbs 27:16, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.”
“He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. ”
“restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.”
“Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.”
“He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.”
“He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.”
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.