14 Any attack,but not an attack by those who hate;and any vengeance,but not the vengeance of enemies.
15 No poison is worse than a snake’s poison,and no anger is worsethan an enemy’s anger.
16 I would rather live with a lion or a serpentthan live with a wicked woman.
17 A woman’s wickednesschanges her appearance,and it darkens her face like that of a bear.
18 Her husband sits down amonghis neighborsand unintentionally groans bitterly.
19 Any evil is smallwhen compared to a woman’s evil;may she experience a sinner’s fate.
20 A talkative wife for a quiet husbandis like a sand dunebeneath the feet of an elderly person.