Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with joy, than an house full of sacrifices with chiding, ( or with arguments).

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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 shall be lord of fond sons; and he shall part heritage among brethren. (A wise servant shall be lord over his master’s foolish sons and daughters; and in time he shall have part of the inheritance, along with the brothers and the sisters.)

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Cross References

Psalms 37:16Better is a little thing to a just man; than many riches of sinners. (Better is the little that the righteous have; than the many riches of the sinners.)

Proverbs 15:16Better is a little with the dread of the Lord, than many treasures and unfillable. (Better is a little with the fear of the Lord or with reverence for the Lord, than many treasures and troubles.)

Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with rightfulness, than many fruits with wickedness.

Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.

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