⁹ Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with ^(A)a contentious woman.

^13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
^(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual ^[a]dripping.

¹⁵ A ^(A)continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
¹⁶ Whoever ^[a]restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

^24 (A)It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

¹⁹ Better to dwell ^[a]in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.

^4 (A)An^[a] excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who causes shame is ^(B)like rottenness in his bones.