Proverbs 25:24

24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide 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 so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

25 As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

26 Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.