Proverbs 25:24

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 25:24 in Other Translations

24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

24 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

24 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

24 Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman.

24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than in a house shared with a nagging wife.

24 It is better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

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 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

23 Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 21:9