A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
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.
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.