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Proverbs 21:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 21 · verse 9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.Proverbs 21:9 · King James Version
Proverbs 21:9 in context
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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Key words (Strong's)
- housetopgâga roofH1406 →
- brawlingmidyân{a contest or quarrel}H4079 →
- brawlingmâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- cornerpinnâhan angleH6438 →
- dwellyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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See here, 1. What a great affliction it is to a man to have a brawling scolding woman for his wife, who upon every occasion, and often upon no occasion, breaks out into a passion, and chides either him or those about her, is fretful to herself and furious to her children and servants, and, in both, vexatious to her…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary