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Proverbs 21:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

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A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.