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Proverbs 25:24
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.
Geneva Bible 1599
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Darby Translation
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Young's Literal Translation
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Bible in Basic English
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Read Proverbs 25