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The way of a guilty person is crooked,
    but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.[a]

Better to live on a corner of a roof
    than to share a home with a quarreling woman.
10 The mind of a wicked person desires evil
    and has no consideration for his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 21:8 Hebrew meaning of this verse uncertain.

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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The way of man is froward 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 desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

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