Proverbs 25:24

Proverbs chapter 25 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

v.23The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

v.24This passage

v.25Ascold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.