Proverbs 21:9

American Standard Version (1901)

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: 16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

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  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    87%

    19It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

    14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

    16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
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    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 25:17
    69%

    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

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    10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

  • Prov 7:27
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    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

  • Prov 16:19
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    19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

  • Prov 31:23
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    23Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Prov 27:8
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    8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.