A Nagging Wife
"The contention of a wife are a continual dropping." -- Prov. 19:13
Dishes, bottles, soft coal, stove pokers, flatirons, shoes, coal scuttles, and ash shakers were listed by a Chicago man among the articles his wife had thrown at him in eight months of married life, when he filed suit for divorce recently. He believes his wife has been cruel, the newspaper report says.
That’s too bad. But I believe I would rather have my wife throw all those things at me than to have her forever nagging at me.
Before deciding to let that statement stand, I paused to look up the meaning of the word "nagging." "To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; finding fault; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache." That is Webster’s definition. The word means literally, "to gnaw." I think I will let the statement stand. I would rather be stoned to death than gnawed to death.
"It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman."
"It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house."
"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."
So says Solomon. And I suppose he speaks from experience. He is said to have had seven hundred wives.
Hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Use a rolling pin on your husband if necessary, but don’t nag at him.
