Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Brawling woman in a wide house
General references
Bible References
Better
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 12:4
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.
Brawling woman in a wide house
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
General references
Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
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
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man with his wife is this way, it is not advantageous to marry.