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 irritable woman.
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh 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 a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Brawling woman in a wide house
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
General references
Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
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.