Proverbs 27:15-16

More Proverbs of Solomon

15 q 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 1 oil in one's right hand.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 19:13
    A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
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