Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 21:9 echoes the same sentiment—preferring isolation over a quarrelsome wife—with the image of a housetop corner.

Proverbs 17:1 also says peace and quiet are better than a house full of strife—directly reinforcing the same theme.

Proverbs 19:13 explicitly calls a quarrelsome wife a constant dripping—identical imagery to the conflict here.

Proverbs 25:24 repeats the saying nearly verbatim: better to live on a roof corner than with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 27:15 compares a quarrelsome wife to constant dripping—the same analogy for ongoing annoyance.

Proverbs 15:17 uses the same “better…than” structure: love with little is preferable to strife with abundance.

Psalm 55:7 Parallel

Psalm 55:7 specifically mentions wandering into the wilderness to escape, directly paralleling the wilderness refuge of Proverbs 21:19.

Jeremiah 9:2 longs for a wilderness lodging to escape treacherous people, directly paralleling the wilderness refuge from a contentious wife.

Matthew 19:10 has disciples saying it's better not to marry if marriage is so hard—echoing the proverb's sentiment of avoiding a difficult wife.