A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
The waters wear the stones: Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; And thou destroyest the hope of man.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.