Like a bird that flees its nest(A)
    is anyone who flees from home.

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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 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
    or grasping oil with the 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