Proverbs 21:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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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 virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

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

Proverbs 17:1

Better is dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

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

Proverbs 21:10

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

Proverbs 21:19

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

Proverbs 21:8

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

Proverbs 25:24

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