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

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

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

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

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.