Proverbs 21:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

Proverbs 21:9 Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry piece of bread and rest with it, Than a house filled with the offerings of strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 21:10

The desire of the wrong is set upon evil; His neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:19

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

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the innocent, his work is right.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.