Proverbs 21:9
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Literal Standard Version
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 a man who is vile [is] contrary, || And the pure—his work [is] upright.
10The soul of the wicked has desired evil, his neighbor is not gracious in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, || And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
Proverbs 17:1Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, || Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a day of rain, || And a woman of contentions 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 →