John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 21:19

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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[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, and persecuting church of Rome, in all its worldly glory and splendour.

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