Proverbs 21:19 meaning and explanation
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 21:19, Berean Standard Bible
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This saying belongs to a series of comparisons in Proverbs 21 that weigh domestic peace against hardship. The speaker is a wisdom teacher, and the verse uses the desert, a place of danger and deprivation, as the lesser evil.
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