Proverbs 30:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Under an unloved woman who is wed, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

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A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful one is like rot in his bones.

The foolish son is ruin to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is water constantly dripping.

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than in a mansion with a quarrelsome woman.

For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match is a quarrelsome wife;

If servants are pampered from childhood they will turn out to be stubborn.

Under a slave who becomes king, and a fool who is glutted with food;

Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise: