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Undesirable women

Proverbs regarding undesirable women

  1. The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

    Prov. 9:13 (read whole chapter)


  2. Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

    Prov. 11:22 (read whole chapter)


  3. A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

    Prov. 12:4 (read whole chapter)


  4. Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

    Prov. 14:1 (read whole chapter)


  5. A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

    Prov. 19:13 (read whole chapter)


  6. It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

    Prov. 21:9 (read whole chapter)


  7. It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

    Prov. 21:19 (read whole chapter)


  8. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
    Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.

    Prov. 27:15-16 (read whole chapter)


  9. This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."
    Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up:
    under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,
    under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

    Prov. 30:20-23 (read whole chapter)

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