Holy Scripture
Proverbs 21:9
A church father on this verse
“It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, etc. It is so true that it is better to sit in the corner of the housetop, that is, in the secret height of a more continent life, than with a wicked woman in a house, which you share with her, so that even if the best woman is offered to you for marriage, it is better…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9It is better to dwell in a corner on the housetop, Than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
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7Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; For they refuse to do justly.
8To the froward God sends froward ways; For his works are pure and right.
— Proverbs 21:9 —
10The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
11When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: And a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.