Proverbs 27:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Prov 27:16
    80%

    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%

    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 21:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Prov 21:9
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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.

  • Prov 27:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11(She [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%

    14¶ The 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%

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

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  • 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%

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

  • Prov 14:1
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    1¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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

  • Jer 6:7
    69%

    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:

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

  • Prov 16:28
    68%

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

  • Prov 26:18
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  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

  • Prov 29:9
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  • Prov 18:4
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  • Prov 23:27
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  • Prov 27:3
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  • Prov 23:29
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    11Doth 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.

  • Prov 15:18
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  • Prov 29:22
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  • 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
    67%

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  • Prov 30:20
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  • Prov 14:17
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  • Prov 22:14
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    5‹Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.›

  • Prov 28:3
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  • 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%

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

  • Prov 30:16
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