◄ Proverbs 21:19 ►
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
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Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Psalm 55:6, 7
I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. . . .

Psalm 120:5, 6
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! . . .

Jeremiah 9:2
If 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.

wilderness or the land of the desert

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

King James Bible
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

International Standard Version
It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

NET Bible
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Better to stay in the land of the wilderness than to dwell with a contentious and angry woman.
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