nagging wife

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.

¹⁵A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

²⁴It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.

¹³A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

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.

⁴A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.

²¹Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. ²²Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord. ²³For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body. ²⁴Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things. ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her, ²⁶so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,

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.

¹⁰Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price. ¹¹The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils. ¹²She will repay him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life. ¹³She has sought wool and flax, and she has worked these by the counsel of her hands. ¹⁴She has become like a merchant’s ship, bringing her bread from far away. ¹⁵And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.

²²A beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swine.

¹A wise woman builds up her household. But a foolish one will pull down with her own hands what has been built up.

⁵For in this way, in past times also, holy women adorned themselves, hoping in God, being subject to their own husbands. ⁶For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance.

³not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.

²⁴Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.