Proverbs 17:1
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
In other translations
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Psalm 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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