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Proverbs 21:19

This is similar to verse 9. However, this man lives in the desert. The desert is a terrible place to live. But it is better to live there than to listen to constant arguments.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THAN, &C. Supply the Ellipsis thus: Than [in. house, or palace]....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wilderness_ regarded, as the parallel requires, not as a _barren_, but as a _solitary_place. _angry_ Or, FRETFUL, R.V. text; or, _a contentious woman and vexation_, R.V. marg. The LXX. introduce a t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 21:11-20 11. When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12. The righteous man considereth the house of the wicke...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Compare ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    טֹ֗וב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּ אֶֽרֶץ ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵ אֵ֖שֶׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner is pu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [IT IS] BETTER TO DWELL IN THE WILDERNESS,.... Where persons live without shelter, and are not only exposed to storms and tempests, but to beasts of prey; where is want of the necessaries of life, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Proverbs 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Ver. 19. _It is better to dwell in the wilderness._] Among ravenous beasts and venomous serpents,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 19. IT IS BETTER TO DWELL IN THE WILDERNESS, far from the habitations of men, THAN WITH A CONTENTIOUS AND AN ANGRY WOMAN. Cf v. 9....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IN THE WILDERNESS: _ Heb._ in the land of the desert...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAN, understand, _in a wide house_, as it is expressed above, PROVERBS 21:9, and as the opposition here requires....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 21:19 Better H2896 dwell H3427 (H8800) wilderness H776 H4057 contentious H4079 (H8675) H4066 angry...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman._ AN ANGRY WOMAN I. No social discomfort is to be compared to that of an ill-tempered wife. A corner of the houseto...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:9 Verses Proverbs 21:9 and Proverbs 21:19, on the q

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:9. WIDE HOUSE. Literally _a house of companionship_, _i.e._, to share the house with her. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19_ AN ANGRY WOMAN...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:18_ THE RANSOM OF THE RIGHTEOUS This verse must be understood to express the same truth as that in Isaiah 43:3, in which Jehovah, speaking to the Hebrew people, says,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 9:2; Proverbs 21:9; Psalms 120:5; Psalms 120:6; Psalms 55:6;...

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