13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Irritation

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father;
And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with (A)a contentious woman.

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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in [a]a wide house.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or, a house in common. Hebrew a house of society.

19 Better to dwell [a]in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.

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  1. Proverbs 21:19 Lit. in the land of the desert

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

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  1. Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation

24 (A)It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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15 A (A)continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
16 Whoever [a]restrains her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

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  1. Proverbs 27:16 Lit. hides

15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
16 He that would [a]restrain her [b]restraineth the wind;
And [c]his right hand encountereth oil.

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  1. Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew hide.
  2. Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew hideth.
  3. Proverbs 27:16 Or, the oil of his right hand betrayeth itself