Verse 9

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
• Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
• Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
• Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
• Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
• Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
• Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.