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Proverbs 17:1

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mBetter is a dry morsel with quiet

than a house full of feasting1 with strife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Hebrew sacrifices

Cross references

  1. mch. 15:17

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Better a dry crust with peace and quiet

than a house full of feasting, with strife.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Better a dry crust with peace

than a house full of feasting with strife.

NLTNew Living Translation

Better a dry crust eaten in peace

than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Better a dry morsel and quiet with it

than a house filled with feasts of strife.

KJV 1900King James Version

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,

Than an house full of sacrifices with strife.