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Proverbs 21:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 21:7-9
Contemporary English Version
7 You destroy yourself
by being cruel and violent
and refusing to live right.
8 All crooks are liars,
but anyone who is innocent
will do right.
9 (A) It's better to stay outside
on the roof of your house
than to live inside
with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 21:7-9
New International Version
Proverbs 21:7-9
New International Version
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
for they refuse to do what is right.
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(B)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(C)
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