Proverbs 21:9

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.

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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.

Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure--upright is his work.

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.