Proverbs 30:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

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A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise: