Proverbs 19:13
New King James Version
13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
Proverbs 19:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father:
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:9
New King James Version
9 Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with (A)a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:9
Authorized (King James) Version
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
New King James Version
19 Better to dwell [a]in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:19 Lit. in the land of the desert
Proverbs 21:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness,
than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 25:24
New King James Version
24 (A)It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
Authorized (King James) Version
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15-16
New King James Version
15 A (A)continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
16 Whoever [a]restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:16 Lit. hides
Proverbs 27:15-16
Authorized (King James) Version
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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