Proverbs 21:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,^(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.^(B)

⁹Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.^(C)

¹⁰A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration^[a] for his neighbor.^(D)

Proverbs 21:8-10

New International Version

⁸The way of the guilty is devious,^(A)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁹Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(B)

¹⁰The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.

⁸The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

⁹It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

¹⁰The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)