King James Version with Apocrypha
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house."
— Proverbs 21:9, King James Version with Apocrypha
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. ”
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.”
“It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”
“It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.”
“It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.”
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.