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Proverbs 17:1

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aBetter is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,

Than an house full of ||sacrifices with strife.

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Footnotes

  1. ach. 15:17.
  2. ||Or, good cheer. See Gen. 31:54 marg.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Better is a dry morsel with quiet

than a house full of feasting with strife.

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.