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Proverbs 11:22 (Listen)

22 Like ha gold ring in a pig's snout

is a beautiful woman without discretion.

Proverbs 12:4 (Listen)

dAn excellent wife is ethe crown of her husband,

but she who fbrings shame is like grottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 14:1 (Listen)

14 eThe wisest of women fbuilds her house,

but folly with her own hands gtears it down.

Proverbs 18:22 (Listen)

22 He who finds ua wife finds va good thing

and wobtains favor xfrom the Lord.

Proverbs 19:13-14 (Listen)

13 tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

and ua wife's quarreling is va continual dripping of rain.

14 wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is xfrom the Lord.

Proverbs 21:9 (Listen)

It is nbetter to live in a corner of the housetop

than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:19 (Listen)

19 It is wbetter to live in a desert land

than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Proverbs 27:15-16 (Listen)

15 qA continual dripping on a rainy day

and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind

or to grasp1 oil in one's right hand.

Footnotes

[1] 27:16 Hebrew to meet with