Proverbs 27:15

Having a wife that is constantly nagging is as bad as listening to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping, he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing.

16Trying to restrain/stop her from doing that is as difficult [SIM] as trying to stop the wind or trying to hold oil in your hand.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:13Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips [MET].

Proverbs 21:19It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:15

14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. Note, 1. It is a great folly to be extravagant in praising even the best of our friends and benefactors. It is our duty to give every one his due praise, to applaud those who excel in knowledge, virtue, and usefulness, and to acknowledge the kindnesses we have received with thankfulness; but to do this with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, to be always harping on this string, in all… Read the whole commentary →

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