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Proverbs 21:9

Tree of Life Version

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

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A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one 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 dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping.

A wicked soul craves evil— his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

Better to dwell in a corner of a roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.