Proverbs 30:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.

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

He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.

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.

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

By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:

There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:

A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.