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Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.
Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
    than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.
10 The soul[b] of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 21:10 Or “soul, life, throat”

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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