Cross Reference PROVERBS 21:9 IT IS BETTER TO DWELL IN A CORNER OF THE HOUSETOP THAN WITH A BRAWLING WOMAN IN A WIDE HOUSE

{Proverbs 21:9} [It is] better 2896 to dwell 3427 z8800 in x5921 a corner 6438 of the housetop, 1406 than with a brawling 4079 z8675 y4066 woman 802 x4480 in a wide 2267 house. 1004

better:
"[It is] betterª to dwellª ° in the wilderness,ª ª than with a contentiousª °² and an angryª woman.ª ¹" {Prv 21:19} + "A virtuousª womanª [is] a crownª to her husband:ª but she that maketh ashamedª ° [is] as rottennessª in his bones.ª" {Prv 12:4} + "A foolishª sonª [is] the calamityª of his father:ª and the contentionsª of a wifeª [are] a continualª ° dropping.ª" {Prv 19:13} + "[It is] betterª to dwellª ° in¹ the cornerª of the housetop,ª than with a brawling² °² womanª ¹ ¹ and in a wideª house.ª" {Prv 25:24} + "A continualª ° droppingª in a very rainyª dayª and a contentiousª °² womanª are alike.ª ° ... Whosoever hidethª ° her hidethª ° the wind,ª and the ointmentª of his right hand,ª [which] bewrayethª ° [itself]." {Prv 27:15-16}

brawling woman in a wide house:
Heb. woman of contentions in a house of society, "Betterª [is] a dinnerª of herbsª where¹ loveª is, than a stalledª ° oxª ¹ and hatredª therewith." {Prv 15:17} + "Betterª [is] a dryª morsel,ª and quietnessª therewith, than an houseª ¹ fullª of sacrificesª [with] strife.ª" {Prv 17:1}

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