19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! …
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19)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 comp…
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