...from this liability of the Syrian villagers to suffer such an invasion of their domestic comfort. " A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike ; " that is, they are equally intolerable, and drive a man out of the house ; or, it' he remains, render...

...this 'continual dropping' of water through the roof to which Solomon has reference when he says : 3 ' A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike ; ' and again : 4 ' The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.' It is easy to understand how...

...of Proverbs Solomon wrote one verse which shows the nature of indwelling sin, see ver. 15 and 16. " 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 betrayeth itself." These...

...is only too well known in Palestine, and has given rise to more than one proverb of great antiquity. "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman," the Book of Proverbs tells us, " are alike."3 In my own case, at Tiberias, the rain fell through the...

...with a brawling woman in a wide house." Another writer well knew the dropping through these roofs : " A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike " (Prov. xxvii, 15). The word dalaph, which is used for dropping, is the same as the modern Arabic...

...comparison always preceding the type of individual who is satirized in the proverb. A typical instance is: "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike" (Prov. 27:15). It should be noted, however, that the other parts of the book are not as a rule comparisons,...

...(21:9) It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman. (21:19) A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike. (27:15^ ON SLOTH He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster. (18:9)...

...blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15 em not. 10 c Enter 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrayeth itself....

...19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. xxvii., 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. xxx., 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant...

...that environment most often focuses, and it is disclosed with mnemonic brevity in didactic starkness. 'A continual dropping in a very rainy day / And a contentious woman are alike.' 'Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift / Is like clouds and wind without rain. '95 Where any experience...