¹⁵ A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

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

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

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.

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