Proverbs 30:23

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

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A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

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