Proverbs 21:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Ps 55:6-7 : 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {H5542}
Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 21:9
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9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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 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 19:13-14
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75%
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 21:20
74%
20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
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
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11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
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 21:18
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18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.
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 22:24
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24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Prov 17:12
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12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Prov 15:16-18
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16Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Prov 11:22-23
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22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Prov 14:17
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17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
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 29:22
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22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
Prov 14:1
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1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Eccl 4:6
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6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
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 26:21
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21[ As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
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.
Deut 28:56
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56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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.
Prov 6:24
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24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
Prov 18:22
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22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Prov 15:1
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1A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Prov 19:1
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Prov 31:10
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10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Prov 3:17
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17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Prov 5:18
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18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Prov 5:4
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4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Prov 17:14
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14The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Prov 18:19
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19A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city; And [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Prov 19:19
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19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
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 30:20
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20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
Prov 5:8
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8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Prov 5:20
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20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Deut 21:15
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15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;