◄ Proverbs 17:1 ►
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Good News Translation
Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.

New Revised Standard Version
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Contemporary English Version
A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues.

New American Bible
Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

an house

Proverbs 7:14 Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.

sacrifices

Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . .

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
1Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.2A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.…
Cross References
Proverbs 15:17
It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 16:33
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