King James Version
Proverbs 27:15 in the King James Version says “A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
Proverbs 27:15 · KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“are alike”
H7737properly, to level, i.e., equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e., counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, et
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