Proverbs 27:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

A continual dripping on 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 dripping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a spacious house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than in a wide house with a contentious woman.
  • Job 14:19 : 19 The waters wear away the stones; You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of man.

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  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Prov 27:16
    80%

    16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.

  • Prov 25:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

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

    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Prov 21:9
    75%

    9It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a spacious house with a contentious woman.

  • Prov 27:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

  • Prov 17:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13A foolish woman is loud: she is simple, and knows nothing.

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

  • Prov 30:23
    70%

    23For an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant who is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 26:21
    70%

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

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears 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 lovely woman without discretion.

  • Jer 6:7
    69%

    7As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness; violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

  • Eccl 7:26
    69%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 25:26
    68%

    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 3:17
    68%

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Prov 29:9
    68%

    9If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

  • Prov 18:4
    68%

    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 prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 27:3
    68%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Prov 23:29
    68%

    29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

  • Jas 3:11
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    11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman retains honor, and strong men retain riches.

  • Prov 15:18
    67%

    18A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.

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

  • Prov 31:26
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    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26For by means of a harlot 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 eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

  • Prov 14:17
    67%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 22:14
    67%

    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Luke 18:5
    67%

    5Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

  • Prov 28:3
    67%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 17:1
    67%

    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 31:30
    67%

    30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

  • Prov 12:4
    67%

    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Prov 30:16
    67%

    16The grave, and the barren womb, the earth that is never filled with water, and the fire that never says, It is enough.