THEOSISProverbs 27:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
- Prov 21:9It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
- Prov 25:24It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Job 14:19Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.