¹³ A foolish son is his father’s ruin,^(A)
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.^(B)

⁹ Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.^(A)

¹⁹ Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.^(A)

¹⁵ An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.^(A)
16 The one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.