Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Berean Standard Bible
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 become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants 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 →