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16 Whoever can control her can control the wind.
    He can even pick up olive oil with his right hand.[a]

17 As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens the wits of another.
18 Whoever takes care of a fig tree can eat its fruit,
    and whoever protects his master is honored.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

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