Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Berean Standard Bible
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
23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
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 →