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Proverbs 25:24

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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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  1. Proverbs 25:22

    For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

  2. Proverbs 25:23

    The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

  3. Proverbs 25:25

    As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

  4. Proverbs 25:26

    A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.