Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
In Context
18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.
20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.
Cross References
Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 30:23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
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 →