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 be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Psalm 55:6
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
Jeremiah 9:2
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

General references

Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain