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13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

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

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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with 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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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Footnotes

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

24 It is better to live in a corner of the 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 continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a contentious woman are alike;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind[a]
    or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:16 Heb obscure

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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Footnotes

  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