Proverbs 27:15,16

PROVERBS—NOTE ON Proverbs 27:15 In light of v. Proverbs 27:12, these proverbs encourage a man to be careful, for a quarrelsome character would likely be evident before marriage. The fact that the husband tries but fails to restrain his wife pictures the consequences of spouses working against each other, rather than each working with and for the other (compare the contrasting description of Proverbs 31:11, Proverbs 31:23, Proverbs 31:28, Proverbs 31:31).