Proverbs 27:15 (WEB)

Passage

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Nearby Context

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

Proverbs 27:14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Proverbs 27:16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "continual", "dropping", "rainy", "contentious", "wife", and "alike". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "continual" and "dropping", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "He who blesses his neighbor with a..." into verse 16's "restraining her is like restraining the wind...", so "continual" and "dropping" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "continual" and "dropping" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.