Proverbs 30:23

English Standard Version 2016

an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

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A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;

Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.