It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.

Prepare your work outside
And get it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterward build your house and establish a home.

I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who remains unaffected by its wisdom].

Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?

The lambs will supply wool for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field.

She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently];
With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.