World English Bible
"It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman."
— Proverbs 25:24, World English Bible
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and 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 live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company 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.”
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.”
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.