Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 21 connects to 8 cross-references. Proverbs on justice, diligence, and divine sovereignty: the king's heart in the Lord's hand is like channels of water turned wherever he wills. One who closes his ears to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not …
其他译本
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
交叉参考
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide …
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.