The wisewomanbuildsher house,But the foolishtearsit downwith her own hands.
It cameabout, as though it had been a trivialthingfor him to walkin the sinsof Jeroboamthe sonof Nebat,that he marriedJezebelthe daughterof Ethbaalkingof the Sidonians,and wentto serveBaaland worshipedhim.
When Athaliahthe motherof Ahaziahsawthat her sonwas dead,she roseand destroyedallthe royaloffspring.
A foolishsonis destructionto his father,And the contentionsof a wifeare a constantdripping.
It is betterto livein a desertlandThanwith a contentiousand vexingwoman.
It is betterto livein a cornerof a roofThanin a housesharedwith a contentiouswoman.
Allthe peoplewhowere in the court,and the elders,said,"[We are] witnesses.May the LORDmakethe womanwho is cominginto your homelike Racheland Leah,bothof whombuiltthe houseof Israel;and may you achievewealthin Ephrathahand becomefamousin Bethlehem.
