Proverbs 21:19
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
In Context
20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6\55:5\Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
Proverbs 21:9It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 30:23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:19
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. This intimates, 1. What should be done by the justice of men: The wicked, that are the troublers of a land, ought to be punished, for the preventing and turning away of those national judgments which otherwise will be inflicted and in which even the righteous are many times involved. Thus when Achan was stoned he was a ransom for the camp of righteous Israel; and the seven sons of Saul, when they were hanged, were a ransom for… Read the whole commentary →