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Proverbs 17:1

Better is a piece of dry bread, and quiet therewith, than a house full of the sacrifices of contention.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

In Context

2An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.

Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith.

Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness, than great incomes through injustice.

Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.

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