{25:31} A wicked wife debases the heart, and saddens the face, and wounds the heart.
{25:32} A wife who does not make her husband happy enfeebles the hands and weakens the knees.
{25:33} The beginning of sin came from a woman; and through her, we all die.
{25:34} You should not provide an exit to your water, not even a little; nor should you give permission for a wicked wife to exceed the limit.
{25:35} If she will not walk at your hand, she will confound you in the sight of your enemies.
{25:36} Tear her away from your body, lest she abuse you continually.

{25:26} All malice is brief compared to the malice of a wife. Let the fate of sinners fall upon her!
{25:27} As climbing over sand is to the feet of the aged, so is a talkative wife to a quiet man.
{25:28} You should not favor a woman’s beauty, and you should not desire a wife for her beauty.
{25:29} The anger and disrespect and shame from a wife can be great.
{25:30} The wife, if she has primacy, is set against her husband.