¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

²⁴ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.