Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a wilderness 1 Than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
In Context
18And a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. 1
20A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; 1 But foolish men will swallow it up. 1
Cross References
Psalms 55:6All the day long they have abominated my words; 1 All their devices are against me for evil. 1
Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner on the housetop, 1 Than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house. 1
Proverbs 30:23or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
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 →