Proverbs 21:19

King James Version 1611 (Original)

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling 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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
  • Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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  • Prov 9:13-14
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