Proverbs 25:24

24 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

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 thou shalt heap hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will reward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.
26 A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring.
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