Proverbs 25:24
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, || Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Literal Standard 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
23A north wind brings forth rain, || And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
25[As] cold waters for a weary soul, || So [is] a good report from a far country.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son [is] a calamity to his father, || And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
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 →