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Proverbs 27:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.

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צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ צָֽפַן־ר֑וּחַ וְשֶׁ֖מֶן יְמִינ֣וֹ יִקְרָֽא׃

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