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Proverbs 25:24
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 25:24 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 25:24 in other translations
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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In context
21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
22 For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.
23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
25 As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
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