Wisdom Concerning the Home

Proverbs 21:9

Showing verse 9 with surrounding context.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.