Proverbs 21:9

WEB

⁹It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

KJV

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

BSB

⁹Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

FBV

⁹It's better to live in a corner of a housetop than to share a whole house with an argumentative wife.

Extra References

Proverbs 21:19

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

Proverbs 19:13

¹³A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 27:15-16

¹⁵A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike: ¹⁶restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

Proverbs 25:24

²⁴It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 12:4

⁴A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 17:1

¹Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 15:17

¹⁷Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.