Proverbs 17:1

English Standard Version 2016

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.