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Proverbs 25:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

22 For live coals you will heap on their heads,
    and the Lord will vindicate you.
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)

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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.
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