Proverbs 27:15 · KJV
“A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
— Proverbs 27:15
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
Proverbs 27 — Context
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19
{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}
Proverbs 25:24
{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Job 14:19
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. {washest...: Heb. overflowest}