19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 21:19
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.
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Verse 19
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Betterט֗וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularto liveשֶׁ֥בֶתH3427Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructin the desertבְּאֶֽרֶץ־H776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct. . .מִדְבָּ֑רH4057Noun - masculine singularthan with a contentiousמְדוֹנִיםH4066Noun - masculine pluraland ill-temperedוָכָֽעַס׃H3708Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularwifeמֵאֵ֖שֶׁתH802Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct