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
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Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a chiding and an angry woman.
Proverbs 12:4
A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.
Proverbs 19:13
An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to sit in a corner under the roof, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15
A brawling woman and the roof of the house dropping in a rainy day, may well be compared together.
Brawling woman in a wide house
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.
General references
Proverbs 9:13
A foolish restless woman, full of words, and such one as hath no knowledge,
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to sit in a corner under the roof, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Matthew 19:10
Then said his disciples to him, "If the matter be so between man and wife, then is it not good to marry."