Proverbs 27:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶to restrain her is to restrain the wind^[a]
    or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
¹⁷Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.
¹⁸He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who guards his master will be honored.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Proverbs 27:16 Heb obscure

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.