Proverbs 17:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ Better is a dry piece of bread and rest with it, Than a house filled with slaughters of strife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Common English Bible

¹ Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with quarrels.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.

Proverbs 17:1 Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Tet Better is the little of the righteous one, Than the riches of many wrongdoers.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of יהוה, Than great treasure with trouble.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, Than a large income without right-ruling.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 7:14

“Slaughterings of peace offerings are with me; Today I have paid my vows.