Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
In Context
18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.
20There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise [man]; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 30:23under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
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 →