Proverbs 25:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.