Proverbs 21:9 - Appreciating A Peaceful Wife
It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
This bible verse has been derived from Brenton Septuagint Translation
If you can take a closer look at Proverbs chapter 21 from verse 8 to 10, and take a bible study you will understand verse 9 better which talks more about the appreciation of a peaceful wife and detesting a nagging wife:
…8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
The moral lesson of this Bible verse is:
It's better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife.
The lesson in the Bible verse has been obtained from: Treasury Of Scripture
There are more bible verses related to this verse, which are:
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.Proverbs 21:8
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the wicked craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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The book of Proverbs in the Bible has 31 Chapters, each for each day of the month. So I shed some spiritual light in your world each and every day.
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Tony
If you're a good husband you're much less likely to have a nagging wife.
yeah that's true