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Proverbs 25:24

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24 It is 1better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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Proverbs 25:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 25:24

[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than
with a brawling woman and in a wide house.] (See Gill on Proverbs 21:9).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Proverbs 25:24 In-Context

22 For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you.
23 The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
24 It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Proverbs 21:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit "with a woman of contentions and a house of association"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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