Proverbs 27:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  • Job 14:19 : 19 The 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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  • Prov 19:13-14
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    81%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

  • Prov 25:23-24
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    77%

    23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    76%

    19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 27:14
    73%

    14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 17:14
    72%

    14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    72%

    13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

    14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 30:23
    70%

    23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 26:21
    70%

    21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Prov 29:9
    68%

    9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 27:3
    68%

    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

  • Prov 23:29
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    29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

  • Jas 3:11
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    11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 31:26
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    26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Luke 18:5
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    5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

  • Prov 28:3
    67%

    3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  • Prov 31:30
    67%

    30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

  • Prov 12:4
    67%

    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Prov 30:16
    67%

    16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.