The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain.
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Proverbs 27:15-16
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:15-16
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:1-27Proverbs 27:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 27:15-16Proverbs 27:15-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, 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 li…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:15-16Proverbs 27:15-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryProverbs 27:15 and Proverbs 27:16 form a tetrastich on the subject of the termagant wife.The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:15Proverbs 27:15 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe single line of the second clause of Proverbs 19:13 is here formed into a distich. A continual dropping in a very rainy day. "A day of violent rain," סַגְרִיר (sagrir), which word occurs nowhere else in the Old Testa…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:1-27EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 27:15-16Here, 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 li…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:15The single line of the second clause of Proverbs 19:13 is here formed into a distich. A continual dropping in a very rainy day. "A day of violent rain," סַגְרִיר (sagrir), which word occurs nowhere else in the Old Testa…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:15-16Proverbs 27:15 and Proverbs 27:16 form a tetrastich on the subject of the termagant wife.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind. Whoever tries to restrain a shrewish woman, or to conceal her faults, might as well attempt to confine the wind or to check its violence. And the ointment of his right hand, which b…Joseph S. Exell and contributors