KJV King James Version
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
WEB World English Bible
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
ASV American Standard Version
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Surrounding context — Proverbs 27
12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Proverbs 19:13A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.Proverbs 21:9[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.Proverbs 21:19[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.Proverbs 25:24[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.Job 14:19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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