Proverbs 25:24
It is better to sit m a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate 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 →