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 dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Psalm 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalm 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

General references

Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous;'she is'simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

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