Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 25:24
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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 the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and 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 25
22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
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