John Trapp on Proverbs 21:19

Verſ. 19. It is better to dwell in the wilderneſs] Among ravenous beaſts, and venemous ſerpents, in greateſt danger, and want of all neceſſary accommodation. This is ſo much worſe than the houſe-top, as an angry and vexatious woman (which like a mad dog, bites all about her, and makes them as mad as her ſelf) is worſe than her that is not ſo much angry as unquiet, brawling (as Dogs bark ſometimes in the night) of cuſtome or fancy, and not provoked by any. See ſupra verſ. 9.