Proverbs 25:24

24 Better to live on the edge of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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 this, you will heap burning coals on their heads, and the LORD will reward you.

23 The north wind stirs up rain, and a person who plots quietly provokes angry faces.

24 Better to live on the edge of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.

25 Good news from a distant land is like cold water for a weary person.

26 A righteous person giving in to the wicked is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.