Proverbs 21:9
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house."
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- Proverbs 21:19
"It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:13
"A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 25:24
"It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 27:15
"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:4
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:1
"Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:17
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."
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