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Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, 1 than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

In Context

18The reshah shall be a kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik, 1 and the boged (the unfaithful) for the yesharim. 1

20There is otzar to be desired and shemen in the naveh (dwelling) of the chacham; 1 but a kesil adam squanders it. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 55:6Yirah va'ra'ad (fear and trembling) are come upon me, 1 and pallatzut (horror, shuddering) overwhelmed me. 1

Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the gag (roof), 1 than with a quarrelsome isha in a shared bais. 1

Proverbs 30:23For an unloved woman when she is married; 1 and a shifchah that displaces her gevirah (lady, mistress). 1

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 →

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