Proverbs 21:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a spacious house with a contentious woman.

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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 dripping.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than in a wide house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

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

  • Prov 21:19-20
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    19It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.

    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

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

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

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

    16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

  • 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 dripping.

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

    9Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:

  • Deut 28:30
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    30You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant who is heir to her mistress.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman without discretion.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterward build your house.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 6:24
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  • Job 31:10
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    10Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

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  • Prov 7:27
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    27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

  • Prov 16:19
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    19It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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    8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 21:22
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    27She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

  • Prov 31:23
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    23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes shall see strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things.

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    8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.