Proverbs 21:19
It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.
Free Bible Version
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 pay the price and not the good; those who are deceitful and not those who live right.
20The wise hold on to their wealth and olive oil, but stupid people use up everything they have.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6I tell myself, If only God would give me wings like a dove so I could fly away and be at peace!
Proverbs 21:9It's better to live in a corner of a housetop than to share a whole house with an argumentative wife.
Proverbs 30:23an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.
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 →