¹⁶ A gracious woman gains honor,
but violent^[a] people gain only riches.

²² A beautiful woman who rejects good sense
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.^(A)

⁴ A wife of noble character^[a] is her husband’s crown,^(A)
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.^(B)

14 Every wise woman builds her house,^(A)
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.^(B)

²² A man who finds a wife finds a good thing^(A)
and obtains favor from the Lord.^(B)

⁹ Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.^(A)

¹⁹ Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.^(A)

²⁴ Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.^(A)