Proverbs 21:9 - American Standard Version 2015

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,\par\tab Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

Proverbs 21:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;\par\tab But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,\par\tab Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,\par\tab Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father;\par\tab And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desireth evil:\par\tab His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land,\par\tab Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;\par\tab But as for the pure, his work is right.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,\par\tab Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.