Proverbs 17:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.”
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“Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Proverbs 7:14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
- Proverbs 15:16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
- Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
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