¹⁵ A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

¹³ A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.

⁹ Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions and a house of company.

¹⁹ Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than `with' a woman of contentions and anger.

¹⁹ Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

²⁴ Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.