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Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 25:24 · King James Version
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Proverbs 25:24 in other translations
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.
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 thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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