Proverbs 21:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Better to live in a wilderness than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

Proverbs 21:19 Cross References

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

Jeremiah 9:2

O that I had in the desert a traveler’s lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a band of traitors.

Proverbs 19:13

A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 27:15

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;

Proverbs 30:23

a contemptible woman when she gets a husband and a maid when she supplants her mistress.