Proverbs 21:9

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting[1] with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

Proverbs 25:24

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