Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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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 the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbour finds no mercy in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife 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 →