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Proverbs 21:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 21:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 21:9

Theological / Devotional

Housetop. In ancient Palestine for most of the year a man might live in comparative comfort on the flat roof of his house (see 1 Sam. 9:25, 26). Solomon contends that it is better to be exposed to the wind and rain than to the quarrelsome and vexing tongue of a contentious woman (see Prov. 19:13 ; 27:15).

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