Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
25As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry 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 →