Proverbs 21:9

The Message

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

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A hearty wife invigorates her husband, but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.

Better a bread crust shared in love than a slab of prime rib served in hate.

A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.

A parent is worn to a frazzle by an irresponsible child; a nagging spouse is a leaky faucet.

Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.

Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.

Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road.

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.