Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 21:9
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Berean Standard Bible
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
King James Version
[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
World English Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
American Standard Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 21
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
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