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Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 15:17
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:9, 19
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. / Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 27:15, 16
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike— / restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
Proverbs 30:21, 23
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: / an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.