⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

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

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

⁴ A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

¹⁵ A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

¹⁶ He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.