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Proverbs 21:9

Proverbs 21:9 is verse 9 of Proverbs chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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

Proverbs 21:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 27:15
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

Proverbs 27:16
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

Proverbs 15:17
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.