Proverbs 21:19
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Literal Standard 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 [is] an atonement for the righteous, || And the treacherous dealer for the upright.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest,
Proverbs 21:9Better to sit on a corner of the roof, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Proverbs 30:23For a hated one when she rules, || And a maidservant when she succeeds 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 →