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13 A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
    and a wife’s quarreling is like[a] dripping water that never stops.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like

13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”

It’s better to live in a corner on the roof
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
    than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”

19 It’s better to live in the wilderness
    than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

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19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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24 It’s better to live in a corner on the roof
    than in a house with a contentious woman.

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24 Better to live upon the corner of a roof
    than with a woman[a] of contention and in a shared house.

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  1. Proverbs 25:24 Or “wife”

15 A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike.
16 Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm
    or grabbing oil with your right hand.

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15 Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain
    and a woman[a] of contention are alike.
16 In restraining her, he restrains wind,[b]
    and his right hand will grasp oil[c].

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  1. Proverbs 27:15 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 27:16 Or “breath, or “spirit”
  3. Proverbs 27:16 Or “fat”