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Proverbs 27:15

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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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  1. Proverbs 19:13Rank 1 from verse 15
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  2. Proverbs 21:9Rank 2 from verse 15
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    9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  3. Proverbs 21:19Rank 3 from verse 15
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    19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

  4. Proverbs 25:24Rank 4 from verse 15
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  5. Job 14:19Rank 5 from verse 15
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    19The 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.

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Proverbs 27:15

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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