The way of [a]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.

Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with (A)a contentious woman.

10 (B)The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;

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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