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

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

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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

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

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Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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

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

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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

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

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24 Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever would hide her would hide the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which betrayeth itself.

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15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
    or grasping oil with the hand.

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