SinaiProverbs 25:24
American Standard Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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Proverbs 25:24 in other translations
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24 in context
- 22For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.
- 23The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
- 24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
- 25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
- 26As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.