Proverbs 25:24

24 better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open 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 doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee good.

23 The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

24 better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

25 As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

26 As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.