Proverbs 27:15
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
In context
12 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
13 Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. 14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; 16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. 18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:15 in the KJV
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:15 in the NIV
A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;