⁹ It is better to live on a corner of a roof
Than ^[a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

^19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.

²¹ Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a ^(A)contentious person to kindle strife.

¹⁵ A ^(A)constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;