15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-16)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 . The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for the time, yet, while it lasts, one may take shelter; but the…
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