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Folly’s Invitation and Promise

13 The foolish woman is loud;
    she is ignorant and knows nothing.(A)

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11 She is loud and wayward;
    her feet do not stay at home;(A)

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is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,(A)

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She does not keep straight to the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

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19 It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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

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