Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- 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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
- Ps 55:6-7 : 6 I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. 7 Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
- Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul has had her dwelling too long With him who hates peace.
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9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:
16 Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swallows it up.
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1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
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11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.
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26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
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13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
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24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
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12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf with hatred.
18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
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22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.
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23 For an unloved woman when she is married; And a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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22 An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.
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1 Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
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6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling.
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21 As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, The fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
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56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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24 To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
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22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of Yahweh.
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1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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10 Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
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17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, Therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
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19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; And disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, For if you rescue him, you must do it again.
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
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20 So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;