Proverbs 21:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.”
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“Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:19 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
- Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
- Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
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