A Quarrelsome Wife

 A Quarrelsome Wife

A quarrelsome wife is like

a constant dripping on a rainy day.

Proverbs 27:15

I have always wondered about King Solomon and his extensive harems – 700 wives and 300 concubines.  If he was to keep friendly relationships with his wives, he would have to spend time with at least two of them each day – every day.  Talk about a headache.

Apparently things went downhill when the women were quarreling.  In our text above, Solomon likened  a quarrelsome wife to a constant drip of water.  He said the same in Proverbs 19:13:

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,

and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

  In Proverbs 21:19, he said:

Better to live in a desert than with

a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

In Proverbs 21:9 and 25:24 he proclaimed:

Better to live on the corner of the roof

than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

With the number of wives that Solomon had to please, one wonders how much time he spent on the roof!

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Happy the home where Jesus’ name

Is sweet to every ear;

Where children early lisp His fame,

And parents hold Him dear.

The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal, No. 655