Proverbs 21:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman. 16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

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
    94%

    24It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    87%

    19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

    14Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

  • Prov 27:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

    16He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

  • Prov 17:1
    75%

    1Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

    12Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

  • Prov 14:1
    74%

    1Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

    14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

    9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Deut 28:30
    70%

    30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Prov 30:23
    70%

    23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 11:22
    70%

    22Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

  • Eccl 7:5
    70%

    5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Eccl 7:26
    70%

    26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

  • Prov 21:10
    69%

    10The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Prov 20:3
    69%

    3It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 25:17
    69%

    17Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Prov 14:11
    69%

    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

  • Prov 22:14
    69%

    14The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

  • Prov 24:27
    69%

    27Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

  • Prov 21:12
    69%

    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Job 31:10
    69%

    10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Prov 29:9
    69%

    9If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

  • Prov 7:27
    69%

    27Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

  • Prov 2:18
    69%

    18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

  • Prov 16:19
    69%

    19Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

  • Prov 7:8
    68%

    8Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

  • Prov 21:22
    68%

    22A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

  • Prov 12:4
    68%

    4A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

  • Eccl 9:9
    68%

    9Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

  • Prov 31:23
    68%

    23Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

  • Prov 23:33
    68%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • Prov 27:8
    68%

    8Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.