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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
A guilty person’s way is very crooked,
but the conduct of a pure person is straight.
Better to live on the corner of a roof
    than in a house shared with a nagging wife.

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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

The way of the guilty is devious,(B)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(C)

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