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Pro 21:9 — [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

better		Pro 21:19; Pro 12:4; Pro 19:13; Pro 25:24; Pro 27:15,16
brawling woman in a wide house		Heb. woman of contentions in a house of society. Pro 15:17; Pro 17:1

Correlating Passages

better

	Pro 21:19	[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
	Pro 12:4	A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
	Pro 19:13	A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
	Pro 25:24	[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
	Pro 27:15	A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
	Pro 27:16	Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].

brawling woman in a wide house

	Pro 15:17	Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
	Pro 17:1	Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 21:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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