Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil; his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully 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 fretful woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in 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 →