Proverbs 17:1
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Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

an house

Proverbs 7:14 Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.

sacrifices

Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . .

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
1Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.2A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.…
Cross References
Proverbs 15:17
It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Lexicon
Better
ט֤וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

a dry
חֲ֭רֵבָה (ḥă·rê·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2720: Parched, ruined

morsel
פַּ֣ת (paṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6595: Fragment, bit, morsel

in quietness
וְשַׁלְוָה־ (wə·šal·wāh-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7962: Quietness, ease

than a house
מִ֝בַּ֗יִת (mib·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

full of
מָלֵ֥א (mā·lê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully

feasting
זִבְחֵי־ (ziḇ·ḥê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

with strife.
רִֽיב׃ (rîḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7379: Strife, dispute


Additional Translations
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.

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

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
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