Proverbs 27:15
¶ 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 19:13-142 verses81%
13 ¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
14 ¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
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16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
- Prov 25:23-242 verses77%
23 ¶ The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- Prov 21:19-202 verses76%
19 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20 ¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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9 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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14 ¶ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
- Prov 7:11-122 verses73%
11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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14 ¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Prov 9:13-142 verses72%
13 ¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
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1 ¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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22 ¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.
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7 As 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.
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26 And 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 5:3-42 verses69%
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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26 ¶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.
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9 ¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
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4 ¶ The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
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27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
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3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
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29 ¶ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?
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16 ¶ A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.
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18 ¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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22 ¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
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26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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17 ¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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5 ‹Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.›
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3 ¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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1 ¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
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30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
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4 ¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
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16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.