Proverbs 30:23

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by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.

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A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.

A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

Whoever nurtures his servant delicately from childhood, afterwards will find him defiant.

by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,

Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise: