Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Brawling woman in a wide house
General references
Bible References
Better
Proverbs 21:19
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
Proverbs 19:13
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Brawling woman in a wide house
Proverbs 15:17
Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
General references
Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him, 'If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'