Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live on a corner of the roof 1 than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 guilty person is crooked, 1 but the one who is pure does what is right. 1
10The appetite of the wicked craves evil; 1 his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A worthy wife is her husband's crown, 1 but she who brings shame is like a disease that rots his bones. 1
Proverbs 17:1It is better to have quiet with a dry morsel of bread 1 than a house full of feasting with strife. 1
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in the desert 1 than with a quarreling and angry wife. 1
Proverbs 27:15A quarreling wife is like 1 the constant dripping on a rainy day; 1
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 →