Proverbs 25:24
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It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . .

Proverbs 27:15,16 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. . . .

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
23The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. 24It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.…
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 25:25
As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.

Lexicon
Better
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to live
שֶׁ֥בֶת (še·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a corner
פִּנַּת־ (pin·naṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain

of the roof
גָּ֑ג (gāḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1406: A roof, the top of an altar

than to share
חָֽבֶר׃ (ḥā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2267: Company, association, spell

a house
וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with a quarrelsome
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (miḏ·yā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4066: A contest, quarrel

wife.
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female


Additional Translations
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.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 dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
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