22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
    is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

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22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

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A wife of noble character(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(B)

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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
    but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

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14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(A)

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17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

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21 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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