Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.
Leeser Tanakh
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
10The soul of the wicked longeth for evil: his neighbor findeth no grace in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame [on him].
Proverbs 17:1Better is a piece of dry bread, and quiet therewith, than a house full of the sacrifices of contention.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious 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 →