Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Better

Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Psalm 55:6
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Psalm 120:5
Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the desert
A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

General references

Proverbs 9:13
The woman of folly is boisterous,
She is naive and knows nothing.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dish of vegetables where love is
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”