Proverbs 25:24

24 It is better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

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 By doing those things, you will pile up burning coals on his head. And the LORD will reward you.
23 The north wind brings rain. And a crafty tongue brings angry looks.
24 It is better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
25 Hearing good news from a land far away is like drinking cold water when you are tired.
26 Sometimes a godly person gives in to those who are evil. Then he becomes like a muddy spring of water or a polluted well.
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