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Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
    than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in [a]a wide house.

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  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or, a house in common. Hebrew a house of society.

19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with [a]a contentious and fretful woman.

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  1. Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation