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 a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Psalm 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would 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 traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

General references

Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.