nagging
What does the Bible say about nagging? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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9It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.
19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
29Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
24It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.
15A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
13A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.
15A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable. 16He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
3not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.
1Similarly also, wives should be subject to their husbands, so that, even if some do not believe the Word, they may benefit without the Word, through the behavior of these wives, 2as they consider with fear your chaste behavior.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
21Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.