Proverbs 17:1 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures Proverbs 21:9 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 9 Better to dwell on a corner of the roofThan in the same house with a quarrelsome* wife.+ Proverbs 25:24 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 24 Better to dwell on a corner of the roofThan in the same house with a quarrelsome* wife.+ Proverbs 27:15 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 15 A quarrelsome* wife is like a constantly leaking roof on a rainy day.+