9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 21:9
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.
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Verse 9
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Better ט֗וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular to live לָשֶׁ֥בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct on עַל־ H5921 Preposition a corner פִּנַּת־ H6438 Noun - feminine singular construct of the roof גָּ֑ג H1406 Noun - masculine singular than to share חָֽבֶר׃ H2267 Noun - masculine singular a house וּבֵ֥ית H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct with a quarrelsome מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים H4079 Noun - masculine plural wife מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת H802 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct