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¶ The way of the perverse man is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

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

10 ¶ The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.

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The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
    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.(B)

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

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