Proverbs 25:24
It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
In Context
23The north wind brings forth the rain, and a sorrowful face brings forth a detracting tongue.
25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:24
Miscellaneous Maxims. 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Here see, 1. How we must discourage sin and witness against it, and particularly the sin of slandering and backbiting; we must frown upon it, and, by giving it an angry countenance, endeavour to put it out of countenance. Slanders would not be so readily spoken as they are if they were not readily heard; but good manners would silence the slanderer if he saw that his tales displeased the company. We should… Read the whole commentary →