14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morningwill be taken as a curse!
15 A quarrelsome wife is as annoyingas constant dripping on a rainy day.
16 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the windor trying to hold something with greased hands.
17 As iron sharpens iron,so a friend sharpens a friend.
18 As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
19 As a face is reflected in water,so the heart reflects the real person.
20 Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied,so human desire is never satisfied.