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Proverbs 27:15-16 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 27 · verses 15–16
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.Proverbs 27:15-16 · King James Version
Proverbs 27:15-16 in context
13Take 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.
18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Key words (Strong's)
- contentiousmidyân{a contest or quarrel}H4079 →
- contentiousmâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
- continualṭâradto drive onH2956 →
- droppingdelepha drippingH1812 →
- ointmentshemengrease, especially liquidH8081 →
- hidethtsâphanto hideH6845 →
- rainyçagrîyda pouring rainH5464 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
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Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-16