Proverbs 21:9
Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
8Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
10The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman, quarrelsome and provoking.
Proverbs 27:15A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, 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 →