Proverbs 25:24
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and 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 roof, than with a wife 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 taket enn å dele hus med en kranglete kvinne.
- B1930
- Bedre å bo i et hjørne på taket enn med trettekjær kvinne i felles hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Read in contextProverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Read in contextProverbs 27:15–16
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Read in contextProverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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