Proverbs 25:24
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
- Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
- Prov 27:15-16 : 15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman. 16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
- Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
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9It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
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15Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
16He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
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23As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
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1Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
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11She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.
12Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
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13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
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13The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.
14Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,
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1Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;
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23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
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25As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
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17Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
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27Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
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6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
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24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
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29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.
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24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
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7For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.
8Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
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5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
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16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
18An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
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3It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
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22Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
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14The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
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14The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
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22An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
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27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
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4A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
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26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
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1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
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27She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
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5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
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20This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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3The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
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32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
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19Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
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19A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
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1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.