9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions woman in a wide house.
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
9 Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
9 Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
9 It's better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
(Read Proverbs 21:9)
It is best to shun bitter contention by pouring out the heart before God. For by prudence and patience, with constant prayer, the cross may be removed.
19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
19 Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
19 Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
19 It's better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
(Read Proverbs 21:19)
Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 21:9
Commentary on Proverbs 21:9
(Read Proverbs 21:9)
It is best to shun bitter contention by pouring out the heart before God. For by prudence and patience, with constant prayer, the cross may be removed.