Proverbs 21:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
  • Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers & an assembly of rebels,
  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest. 7 Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.
  • Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar. 6 My soule hath too long dwelt 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 a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    76%

    15A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.

    16He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

    14House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  • Prov 7:11
    71%

    11(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26(7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

  • Prov 9:13-14
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    71%

    13A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.

    14But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

  • Prov 17:12
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    12It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

  • Prov 15:16-18
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    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

    17Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.

    18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 11:22-23
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    22As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.

    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, & for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

  • Prov 29:9
    68%

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.

  • Prov 18:19
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    19A brother offended is harder to winne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a palace.

  • Prov 19:19
    67%

    19A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

  • Prov 5:20
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    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Deut 21:15
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    15If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, both the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated,