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Proverbs 21:19
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Proverbs 21:19
19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
19†† It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and an angry woman.
- Verse 9.
- Heb. in the land of the desert.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 21:19
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
contentious
Apt to contend; given to angry debate; quarrelsome; perverse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Feeling or showing anger; wrathful or provoked.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Open the full verse study9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Open the full verse study6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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Open the full verse study5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
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Open the full verse study2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
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