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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)

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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 is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a contentious wife.(A)

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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 is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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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 is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a contentious wife.(A)

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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;(A)
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp oil in the right hand.[a]

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  1. 27.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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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Footnotes

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