Matthew Henry · Verse 24
It is better to be alone, than to be joined to one who is a hinderance to the comfort of life.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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WEBBE
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
BSB
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
KJV
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
ASV
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
BBE
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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