⁹ It is ^(A)better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

^13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and ^(B)a wife's quarreling is ^(C)a continual dripping of rain.

^15 (A)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp^[a] oil in one's right hand.

^24 (A)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

¹⁹ It is ^(A)better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

^4 (A)An excellent wife is ^(B)the crown of her husband,
    but she who ^(C)brings shame is like ^(D)rottenness in his bones.

^17 (A)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than ^(B)a fattened ox and hatred with it.

17 ^(A)Better is a dry morsel with quiet
    than a house full of feasting^[a] with strife.