Proverbs 25:24

World English Bible (2000)

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:9
    94%

    9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Prov 27:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

    16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

  • Prov 25:23
    76%

    23The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

  • Prov 17:1
    75%

    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

    14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 14:1
    72%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

  • Prov 30:23
    71%

    23for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 25:25
    71%

    25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

  • Prov 24:27
    70%

    27Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

  • Eccl 4:6
    70%

    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

  • Prov 11:29
    69%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30You 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.

  • Prov 22:24
    69%

    24Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

  • Prov 25:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7for 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.

    8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5It 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%

    16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

    17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

    18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

  • Prov 11:22
    68%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 17:14
    68%

    14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

  • Prov 22:14
    68%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

  • Prov 29:22
    68%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

  • Prov 12:4
    68%

    4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Eccl 7:26
    68%

    26I 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.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 7:5
    67%

    5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 30:20
    67%

    20"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 24:3
    67%

    3Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

  • Ezek 16:32
    67%

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 16:19
    67%

    19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

  • Prov 18:19
    67%

    19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

  • Prov 15:1
    67%

    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.