Verse 9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a spacious house with a contentious woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than in a wide house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.