Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
- Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Prov 27:15-16 : 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.
- Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf 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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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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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swallows it up.
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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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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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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.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner.
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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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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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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
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30 You shall betroth 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 use the fruit of it.
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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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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
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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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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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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
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9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
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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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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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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
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22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of Yahweh.
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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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27 Prepare your work outside, And get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
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12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
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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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10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.
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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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27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
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18 For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.
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19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the plunder with the proud.
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8 Passing through the street near her corner, He went the way to her house,
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5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
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4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
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9 Live 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 life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
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23 Her husband is respected in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
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33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.
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8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.