Bible verse
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 25:24 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 25.
20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
KJV
[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
ASV
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
ERV
It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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