Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner + 21:9 Gr. in the open air. on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
8To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
10The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
Proverbs 27:15On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman drive a man out of his own house.
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 →