Nov 17
Proverbs 21:19; It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman
Proverbs 21:19 [show/hide]Proverbs 21:19
[19]It is better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Note, 1. Unbridled passions embitter and spoil the comfort of all relations. A peevish angry wife makes her husband’s life uneasy, to whom she should be a comfort and a meet help. Those cannot dwell in peace and happiness that cannot dwell in peace and love. Even those that are one flesh, if they be not withal one spirit, have no joy of their union.
2. It is better to have no company than bad company. The wife of thy covenant is thy companion, and yet, if she be peevish and provoking, it is better to dwell in a solitary wilderness, exposed to wind and weather, than in company with her. A man may better enjoy God and himself in a wilderness than among quarrelsome relations and neighbours. See v. 9.
- Matthew Henry Commentary
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