Proverbs 21:19
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
Proverbs 21:9
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Psalm 55:6-7
I would fly away and find rest.
Psalm 120:5-6
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
Jeremiah 9:2
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.
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Summary
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
General references
Bible References
Better
Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Psalm 55:6 I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.
I would fly away and find rest.
Psalm 120:5 What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
Jeremiah 9:2 If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.
General references
Proverbs 9:13 The woman Folly is rowdy;
she is gullible and knows nothing.
she is gullible and knows nothing.
Proverbs 15:17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox with hatred.
than a fattened ox
Proverbs 25:24 Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”