Proverbs 30:23

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an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.

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

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

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

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

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.

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: