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23 The north wind brings rain,
    and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop
    than in a mansion with a quarrelsome wife.[a](A)
25 Cool water to one faint from thirst
    is good news from a far country.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:24 A humorous saying about domestic unhappiness: better to live alone outdoors than indoors with an angry spouse. Prv 21:9 is identical and 21:19 is similar in thought.

23 Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

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

25 Like cold water to a weary soul
    is good news from a distant land.(B)

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