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Proverbs 21:9

MarriageConflict and reconciliationPeace

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

8 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.

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

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

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BSB
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
KJV
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
WEB
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
ASV
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
DARBY
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
BLB
Better to sit on the corner of a roof, than with a woman of quarrels and a house of company.
ÅB
Bedre å bo i et hjørne på taket enn med trettekjær kvinne i felles hus.
OTB
Bedre å bo på et hjørne av et tak enn å dele hus med en kranglevoren kvinne.
B1930
Bedre å bo i et hjørne på taket enn med trettekjær kvinne i felles hus.

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