Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike: 16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
- Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
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9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
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1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
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13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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23 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
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6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
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24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:
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7 for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
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3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
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22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
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14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
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22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
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27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
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4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
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26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
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5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
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20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
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3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
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32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!
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19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
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19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.