Proverbs 27:15

A Conservative Version

A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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

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

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

The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.

He who would restrain her restrains the wind, and his right hand encounters oil.