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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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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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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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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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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
    than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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

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24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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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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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind,
    or like grasping oil in his right hand.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 27.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain