A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must