Proverbs 25:24

24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than in a house shared with a nagging wife.[a]

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).

Proverbs 25:24 In-Context

22 for you will heap coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
23 The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than in a house shared with a nagging wife.
25 Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.
26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Pr 15:17; 17:1; 21:9,19
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