Do you feel that it is your duty to remind your husband that it is time to: (a) mow the lawn, (b) take out the trash, (c) wash the car?
Are you convinced that if you tell your husband often enough that it is important for him to spend more time with the children, he will do just that?
Does the thought of asking your husband to complete a task just one time and then waiting until he gets ready to do it make you feel anxious and frustrated?
Do you frequently correct your husband in front of others or challenge his parenting in front of the children....even and especially when you don't agree with him?
Can you list 3 bad points about your husband's personality right now?
In the last 24 hours, have you begun a conversation with your husband by saying one of the following: (a) You don't ever, (b) If you would just, or (c) I already told you......?
If your husband is not a believer or a practicing Christian, do you think that tricking, begging, or developing insidious plans that will get his heathen-self into church will actually do any good?
When your husband doesn't respond to a request just the way that you want or when you want....do you withhold intimacy (read that sex) as a form of manipulation?
When your husband sees you coming, does his expression change to one of fear and or withdrawl?
As you left your husband today, could your last encounter with him best be described as: (a) warm and loving, (b) casual, (c) cold?

"It is better to live in a corner of a roof, then in a house shared with a contentious woman." Proverbs 21:0

"It is better to live in a desert land, then with a contentious and vexing woman." Proverbs 21:19

"It is better to live in a corner of the roof then in a house shared with a contentious woman." Proverbs 25:24

"A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike. He who would restrain her restrains the wind, and grasps oil with his right hand." Proverbs 27:15

"The woman of folly is boisterous. She is naïve, and knows nothing." Proverbs 9:13

"So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion." Proverbs 11:22

The wisdom of Proverbs is undisputed. Short, pithy phrases. Memorable lines suitable for plaques and sweatshirts and coffee mugs. We like to quote Proverbs, even unbelievers can be heard tossing them about quite freely, but do we recognize the power and authority and enormous value of these teachings? I doubt it. Too often, we dismiss the brief admonitions of Proverbs as old-fashioned or even as too simplistic, searching instead for some flashy, complex kind of psycho-scripture that will get at the crux of our immediate concerns.