Proverbs 21:9

A Conservative Version

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

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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 a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.