¹⁵ A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
    as constant dripping on a rainy day.

¹³ A foolish child^[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

¹⁹ It’s better to live alone in the desert
    than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

⁹ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

¹⁹ as water wears away the stones
    and floods wash away the soil,
    so you destroy people’s hope.

²⁴ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.