Proverbs 25:24
טוֹב שֶׁבֶת עַל ־ פִּנַּת ־ גָּג מֵאֵשֶׁת מדונים וּבֵית חָֽבֶר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
23רוּחַ צָפוֹן תְּחוֹלֵֽל גָּשֶׁם וּפָנִים נִזְעָמִים לְשׁוֹן סָֽתֶר ׃
25מַיִם קָרִים עַל ־ נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָה וּשְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָֽק ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13הַוֺּת לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וְדֶלֶף טֹרֵד מִדְיְנֵי אִשָּֽׁה ׃
Proverbs 21:19טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס ׃
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 →