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Proverbs 25:24
Proverbs 25:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Proverbs 25:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
Proverbs 27:16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.