Proverbs 21:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

Proverbs 21:9 Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character  is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox  with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Proverbs 21:10

A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration  for his neighbour.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

Proverbs 21:8

A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behaviour of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 25:24

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