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" It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. "
A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language - Page 57
by Isaac Nordheimer - 1841
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...to do judgment. The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right. CsO 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...
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A Tour Through Asia Minor and the Greek Islands: With an Account of the ...

Charles Wilkinson - Greece - 1806 - 484 pages
...where he lodged all night.; and to this circumstance probably Solomon alludes, when he cays, •'' it is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." The fruit tree called the Damascene, and the flower calU ted...
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Sermons on various subjects, divine and moral: with a sacred hymn ..., Volume 2

Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pages
...should our anger indulge itself in loud and noisy practices, nor fill the house with a brawling sound. It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than to cohabit in a palace with such a brawling companion of life, Prov. xxi. 9. And the wise man has repeated...
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The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].

J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...away." — " It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman." — " It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." To " the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the...
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An Attempt Towards an Improved Translation of the Proverbs of Solomon,: From ...

George Holden - Bible - 1819 - 538 pages
...reward thee. 23 The north wind bringeth forth rain ; And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance. 24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, Than with a brawling woman in a common house. ' 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from...
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A System of Revealed Religion ...

Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...maketh ashamed is rottenness in his bones g ; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping h. It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house '. Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious...
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Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political

Owen Felltham - Conduct of life - 1820 - 546 pages
...Solomon speaks of the brawling woman, who is no other than a she-angryman, he thus describes her : It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a contentious woman : — It is better to dwell in the land of the desert, than with her : —...
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Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political

Owen Felltham - Christian life - 1820 - 552 pages
...Solomon speaks of the brawling woman, who is no other than a she-angryman, he thus describes her : It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a contentious woman:—// is better to dwell in the land of the desert, than with her:—and again,...
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A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of ...

Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 506 pages
...addicted to, doth make some men's lives a continual burden to them. Mark what the Scripture saith ; " It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious...
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Soul prosperity, or The closet companion

John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...by persons whose souls are cast in an angry mould, Prov. xxi. 9. and which may be thus rendered : " It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than to cohabit in a palace with such a brawling companion of life." " We cannot expect," says Dr. Watts, "...
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