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Proverbs 21:9

New English Translation

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

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A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

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

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

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

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