24 (A)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to (B)a thirsty soul,
    so is (C)good news from a far country.
26 Like (D)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27 It is (E)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to (F)seek one's own glory.[a]
28 A man (G)without self-control
    is like (H)a city broken into and left without walls.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

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