Proverbs 21:19

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It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.
  • Jer 9:2 : 2 They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. 7 I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.'
  • Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, and live among the tents of Kedar. 6 Too long has my soul dwelled with those who hate peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    76%

    15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

    16Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    75%

    13A foolish son is a disaster to his father, and a nagging wife is like constant dripping.

    14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Prov 17:1
    73%

    1Better a dry piece of bread with peace than a house full of feasting accompanied by strife.

  • Prov 7:11
    71%

    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 21:18
    71%

    18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    71%

    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

    14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 15:16-18
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    16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.

    17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

    18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.

  • Prov 11:22-23
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    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Prov 14:17
    70%

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

  • Prov 30:23
    69%

    23an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

  • Prov 29:22
    69%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.

  • Prov 14:1
    69%

    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Eccl 4:6
    69%

    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is honorable for a person to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

  • Prov 26:21
    68%

    21Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a contentious person for kindling strife.

  • Prov 29:9
    68%

    9When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.

  • Deut 28:56
    68%

    56The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.

  • Eccl 7:5
    68%

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Prov 6:24
    68%

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

  • Prov 18:22
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    22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than 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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    18May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

  • Prov 17:14
    67%

    14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; so stop the dispute before it breaks out.

  • Prov 18:19
    67%

    19A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

  • Prov 19:19
    67%

    19A person with great anger must bear the penalty; if you rescue them, you will have to do it again.

  • Prov 22:14
    67%

    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Prov 30:20
    67%

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 5:8
    67%

    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Deut 21:15
    67%

    15If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,