24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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.
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Verse 24
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Better ט֗וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular to live שֶׁ֥בֶת H3427 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 מְדוֹנִים H4066 Noun - masculine plural wife מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת H802 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct