Proverbs 21:9-19

New International Version

⁹Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(A)

¹⁰The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.

¹¹When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.^(B)

¹²The Righteous One^[a] takes note of the house of the wicked
and brings the wicked to ruin.^(C)

¹³Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
will also cry out^(D) and not be answered.^(E)

¹⁴A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.^(F)

¹⁵When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers.^(G)

¹⁶Whoever strays from the path of prudence
comes to rest in the company of the dead.^(H)

¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.^(I)

¹⁸The wicked become a ransom^(J) for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.

¹⁹Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.^(K)

Proverbs 21:9-19

King James Version

⁹It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

¹⁰The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

¹¹When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

¹²The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

¹³Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

¹⁵It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

¹⁶The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

¹⁷He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

¹⁸The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

¹⁹It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

New International Version (NIV)