Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Updated King James Version
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 man is perverse and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
10The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day 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 →