Proverbs 21:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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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 the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to 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 an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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    19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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  • Prov 9:13-14
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    13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

    16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

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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 5:8-9
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    23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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    9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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    3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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