Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
Psalm 55:6-7
And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Psalm 120:5-6
Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,
That I might leave my people
And go away from them!
For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord],
[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].
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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!
Oh that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,
That I might leave my people
And go away from them!
For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord],
[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].
General references
The foolish woman is restless and noisy;
She is naive and easily misled and thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].
Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.