Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

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

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Better is a little thing to a just [or rightwise] man; than many riches of sinners.

Better is a little with the dread of the Lord, than many treasures and unfillable.

It is better to be called to worts with charity, than with hatred to a calf made fat.

Better is a little with rightfulness [or rightwiseness], than many fruits with wickedness.

A wise servant shall be lord of fond [or foolish] sons; and he shall part heritage among brethren.

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

It is better to sit in the corner of an house without roof, than with a woman full of chiding, and in a common house.

I owed sacrifices for health; today I have yielded my vows.