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Proverbs 21:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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