THEOSISProverbs 25:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:9It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
- Prov 27:15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
- Prov 27:16He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
- Prov 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.