Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Bible (Bishops')
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 way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.
10The soule of the vngodly wisheth euyll, and his neighbour findeth no fauour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
Proverbs 27:15A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.
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 →