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Proverbs 17:1

Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, || Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2A wise servant rules over a son causing shame, || And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16Better [is] the little of the righteous, || Than the store of many wicked.

Proverbs 15:16Better [is] a little with the fear of YHWH, || Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

Proverbs 16:8Better [is] a little with righteousness, || Than abundance of increase without justice.

Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.

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