Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Darby Translation
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
8Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
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 →