Proverbs 27:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.

¹⁷As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.

¹⁸The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,^(A)
and whoever protects their master will be honored.^(B)

Proverbs 27:16-18

King James Version

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

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

¹⁸Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

¹⁶Whoever ^[a]restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

¹⁷As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

¹⁸^(A)Whoever ^[b]keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

New International Version (NIV)