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Proverbs 21:19

Proverbs 21:19 (WEB)

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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  • “But if you assert that this was spoken of bad wives, I shall briefly answer: What necessity rests upon me to run the risk of the wife I marry proving good or bad?“It is better,” he says, “to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and passionate woman in a wide house.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxi. 19.

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