Proverbs 27:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

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A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

It is better to sit m a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Waters wear away the stones: and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away. So in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.