Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Jer 9:2 : 2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
- Ps 55:6-7 : 6 I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place! 7 Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah)
- Ps 120:5-6 : 5 How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar. 6 For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.
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9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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24It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
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15A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.
16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.
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13A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
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1Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
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11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–
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26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
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18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.
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13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
14And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
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12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
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16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.
17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
18A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
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22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.
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23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
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22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
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1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
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6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
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3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
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21Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
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9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.
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56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
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5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.
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24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
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22The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.
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1A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
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1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
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10The Wife of Noble Character Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.
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17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
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18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth–
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4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
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14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; abandon strife before it breaks out!
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19A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
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19A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.
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14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
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20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”
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8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
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20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
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15Laws Concerning Children Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.