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Proverbs 21:9
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Proverbs 21:9
9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
9*†† It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top; then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- Heb. a woman of contentions.
- Heb. an house of societie.
- Chap.25.19. and 13.3. and 27.15.
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Proverbs 21:9
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Quarrelsome, contentious, or given to noisy strife.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Broad, spacious, or having great extent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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From verse 9
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Open the full verse study13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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Open the full verse study19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Open the full verse study24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
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Open the full verse study15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Open the full verse study4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Open the full verse study1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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Open the full verse study17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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