Proverbs 25:24

¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

It is better {H2896} to dwell {H3427} in the corner {H6438} of the housetop {H1406}, than with a brawling {H4079}{H4066} woman {H802} and in a wide {H2267} house {H1004}.

It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.

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 with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 21:9 (6 votes)

    ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Proverbs 21:19 (6 votes)

    ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

  • Proverbs 27:15 (4 votes)

    ¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

  • Proverbs 27:16 (4 votes)

    Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

  • Proverbs 19:13 (4 votes)

    ¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.