^24 (A)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

¹⁹ It is ^(A)better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

^13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and ^(B)a wife's quarreling is ^(C)a continual dripping of rain.

^15 (A)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;