Proverbs 21:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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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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.
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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 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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
2 verses
76%
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
2 verses
75%
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
2 verses
74%
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
2 verses
73%
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
73%
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
69%
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
69%
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.
Job 31:10
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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.
Prov 7:8
68%
8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
Prov 7:5
68%
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Prov 23:27
68%
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
Prov 21:22
68%
22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Prov 31:27
68%
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
Prov 12:4
68%
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
68%
23Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Prov 23:33
68%
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Prov 27:8
68%
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.