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

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in ^[a]a wide house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with ^[a]a contentious and fretful woman.

²⁴ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
¹⁶ He that would ^[a]restrain her ^[b]restraineth the wind;
And ^[c]his right hand encountereth oil.