Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.
10The soule of the wicked wisheth euill: and his neighbour hath no fauour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman 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 →