Holy Scripture
Proverbs 25:24
A church father on this verse
“What necessity rests upon me to run the risk of the wife I marry proving good or bad? "It is better," [Solomon] says, "to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious and passionate woman." He who is married knows how seldom we find a wife without these faults. Hence that sublime orator, Varius Geminus, says well, "…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, Than with a railing woman in an open house.
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22For so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee with good.
23The north wind raises clouds; So an impudent face provokes the tongue.
— Proverbs 25:24 —
25As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, So is a good message from a land far off.
26As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, So is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.