Proverbs 21:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 It is better to dwell in a wilderness
than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.
Proverbs 25:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop
than in a mansion with a quarrelsome wife.[a](A)
Proverbs 27:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 For a persistent leak on a rainy day
the match is a quarrelsome wife;(A)
Ben Sira 25:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 Depressed mind, gloomy face,
and a wounded heart—a wicked woman.
Drooping hands and quaking knees,
any wife who does not make her husband happy.
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