Proverbs 27:15 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike; [Prov. 19:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

Proverbs 27:15 Cross References

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.

Proverbs 21:9

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

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.

Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.