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Proverbs 17:1

It is better to eat a dry piece of bread and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where everyone is quarreling.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2A slave who acts wisely will some day be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16It is good to be righteous/godly even if you do not have many possessions, but it is bad to be wicked, even if you are very wealthy,

Proverbs 15:16Being poor and revering Yahweh is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles.

Proverbs 16:8It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.

Proverbs 21:19It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining.

This Verse In Other Editions

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