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Proverbs 21:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 21:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 The way of some is perverted and strange, but of the pure man, his work is right.
9 (A)It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, than with a contentious woman in a [a]wide house.
10 The soul of the wicked wisheth evil, and his neighbor hath no favor in his eyes.
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- Proverbs 21:9 Or, in a great family.
Proverbs 21:8-10
New International Version
Proverbs 21:8-10
New International Version
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
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.(B)
10 The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
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