The way of a guilty person is (A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
It is better to live on a corner of a roof
Than [a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (B)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:9 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association

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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