Proverbs 21:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that. 16 Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

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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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    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

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    23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

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    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

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    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

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    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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