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Proverbs 27:16

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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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    3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

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Proverbs 27:16

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wind

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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

27:16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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