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Proverbs 21:9

Modern English Version

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Better is a meal of herbs where love is than a fattened calf with hatred.

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

A foolish son is the ruin of his father, and the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

It is better to live in the wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.

Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but as for the pure, his conduct is right.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.