Proverbs 25:24

24 Better to live upon the corner of a roof than [with] a woman of contention and [in a] shared 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 coals of fire you will heap upon his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

23 The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

24 Better to live upon the corner of a roof than [with] a woman of contention and [in a] shared house.

25 [Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.

26 [Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "wife"