Anyone wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.(A)

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Like (A)a bird that strays from its nest
    is a man who strays from his home.

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15 An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike;(A)
16 the one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.

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15 (A)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
    or to grasp[a] oil in one's right hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew to meet with