Proverbs 27:15

Webster's Bible (1833)

A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
  • Job 14:19 : 19 The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 27:16
    80%

    16Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.

  • Prov 25:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Prov 21:9
    75%

    9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.

  • Prov 27:14
    73%

    14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner.

  • Prov 17:14
    72%

    14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, Therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

    14She 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 handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 26:21
    70%

    21As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindling strife.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 11:22
    70%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Jer 6:7
    69%

    7As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

  • Eccl 7:26
    69%

    26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

    4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 25:26
    68%

    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, So is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 16:28
    68%

    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

  • Prov 26:18
    68%

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 3:17
    68%

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

  • Prov 29:9
    68%

    9If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, The fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

  • Prov 18:4
    68%

    4The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.

  • Prov 27:3
    68%

    3A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

  • Prov 23:29
    68%

    29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

  • Jas 3:11
    67%

    11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

  • Prov 11:16
    67%

    16A gracious woman obtains honor, But violent men obtain riches.

  • Prov 15:18
    67%

    18A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

  • Prov 29:22
    67%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 31:26
    67%

    26She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 30:20
    67%

    20So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 14:17
    67%

    17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.

  • Prov 22:14
    67%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

  • Luke 18:5
    67%

    5yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

  • Prov 28:3
    67%

    3A needy man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 17:1
    67%

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

  • Prov 31:30
    67%

    30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

  • Prov 12:4
    67%

    4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Prov 30:16
    67%

    16Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'