King James Version
Proverbs 25:24 in the King James Version says “It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.”
Proverbs 25:24 · KJV
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. driveth: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It is better”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“to dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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