Focused Passage

Proverbs 25:24

Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control

The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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Verse 24

Original words

Betterט֗וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularto liveשֶׁ֥בֶתH3427Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructonעַל־H5921Prepositiona cornerפִּנַּת־H6438Noun - feminine singular constructof the roofגָּ֑גH1406Noun - masculine singularthan to shareחָֽבֶר׃H2267Noun - masculine singulara houseוּבֵ֥יתH1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructwith a quarrelsomeמְדוֹנִיםH4066Noun - masculine pluralwifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתH802Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct

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