Proverbs 21:9
It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
In Context
8The perverse way of a man is foreign. But whoever is pure: his work is upright.
10The soul of the impious desires evil; he will not take pity on his neighbor.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.
Proverbs 17:1A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
Proverbs 27:15A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:9
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. This shows that as men are so is their way. 1. Evil men have evil ways. If the man be froward, his way also is strange; and this is the way of most men, such is the general corruption of mankind. They have all gone aside ( Ps. xiv. 2, 3 ); all flesh have perverted their way. But the froward man, the man of deceit, that acts by craft and trick in all he does, his way is strange, contrary to all the rules of honour and honesty. It is… Read the whole commentary →