What does the Bible say about nagging?

11 verses about nagging, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

4 booksMost in Proverbs

Bible verses about nagging

Proverbs 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. 12 votes
Proverbs 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. 10 votes
Proverbs 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 5 votes
Proverbs 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 5 votes
Ephesians 4:29 — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 5 votes
Proverbs 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 3 votes
Proverbs 26:21 — As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 2 votes
Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 2 votes
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 2 votes
1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 votes
1 Peter 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 2 votes