Proverbs 21:19

“[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, etc.] Where persons live without shelter, and are not only exposed to storms and tempests, but to beasts of prey; where is want of the necessaries of life, and no society; where no “speech” is, as the wordf584 for wilderness may signify; yet it is better to dwell in such a place, where no human voice is heard, than with a contentious and an angry woman; that is always brawling and scolding, ever in a quarrelsome and angry disposition, and provoking to anger all about her; (see Gill on “<202109>Proverbs 21:9”). In a mystical sense, it is better to be with the church in the wilderness, (<661214>Revelation 12:14); than with the furious, bloodthirsty,…”

“(Compare Pro 21:9). wilderness--pasture, though uninhabitable ground (Psa 65:12).”

“21:19 It’s better to live alone: Cp. 21:9; 25:24.”

“better: Pro 21:9; Psa 55:6, Psa 55:7, Psa 120:5, Psa 120:6; Jer 9:2 wilderness: Heb. land of the desert Proverbs 21:20”

“With this verse, a doublet to Pro 21:9 ( Pro 25:24), the collector makes a new addition; in Pro 21:29 he reaches a proverb which resembles the closing proverb of the preceding group, in its placing in contrast the רשׁע and ישׁר; - It is better to dwell in a waste land, Than a contentious wife and vexation. The corner of the roof, Hitzig remarks, has been made use of, and the author must look further out for a lonely seat. But this is as piquant as it is devoid of thought; for have both proverbs the same author, and if so, were they coined at the same time? Here also it is unnecessary to regard מאשׁת as an abbreviation for משּׁבת עם אשׁת. Hitzig supplies שׁכן, by which אשׁת, as the…”