THEOSISProverbs 21:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
ט֗וֹב לָשֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 27:15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
- Prov 27:16He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
- Prov 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
- Prov 25:24It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Prov 12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
- Prov 17:1Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.