Treasury of Scripture Knowledge It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . . Proverbs 27:15,16 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. . . . Context More Proverbs of Solomon…23The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. 24It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.… Cross References Proverbs 21:9 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. Proverbs 25:25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country. Lexicon Betterט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good to live שֶׁ֥בֶת (še·ḇeṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against a corner פִּנַּת־ (pin·naṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain of the roof גָּ֑ג (gāḡ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1406: A roof, the top of an altar than to share חָֽבֶר׃ (ḥā·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2267: Company, association, spell a house וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house with a quarrelsome מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (miḏ·yā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4066: A contest, quarrel wife. מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female Additional Translations Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common. It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house. It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company. Jump to Previous Angle Better Brawling Common Company Contentions Contentious Corner Dwell House Housetop House-Top Live Quarrelsome Roof Share Shared Sit Wide WifeJump to Next Angle Better Brawling Common Company Contentions Contentious Corner Dwell House Housetop House-Top Live Quarrelsome Roof Share Shared Sit Wide WifeExternal Links Proverbs 25:24 NIVProverbs 25:24 NLT Proverbs 25:24 ESV Proverbs 25:24 NASB Proverbs 25:24 ASV Proverbs 25:24 Bible Apps Proverbs 25:24 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:24 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:24 French Bible Proverbs 25:24 German Bible Alphabetical: a Better contentious corner house in is It live of on quarrelsome roof share shared than the to wife with woman OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:24 It is better to dwell (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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