Proverbs 25:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:9 : 9 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 ¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
  • Prov 19:13 : 13 ¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:9
    94%

    9¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

    20¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 27:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

    16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

  • Prov 25:23
    76%

    23¶ The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

  • Prov 17:1
    75%

    1¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

    14¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

    14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 14:1
    72%

    1¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  • Prov 30:23
    71%

    23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 25:25
    71%

    25¶ [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17¶ Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

  • Prov 24:27
    70%

    27¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

  • Eccl 4:6
    70%

    6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 11:29
    69%

    29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Prov 22:24
    69%

    24¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

  • Prov 25:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

    8¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

    17Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

    18¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 11:22
    68%

    22¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  • Prov 22:14
    68%

    14¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Prov 29:22
    68%

    22¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

  • Prov 12:4
    68%

    4¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

  • Eccl 7:26
    68%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 7:5
    67%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 30:20
    67%

    20Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Prov 24:3
    67%

    3¶ Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

  • Ezek 16:32
    67%

    32[But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 16:19
    67%

    19¶ Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  • Prov 18:19
    67%

    19¶ A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.