Proverbs 17:1
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New International Version (©1984)
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting--and conflict.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Better a bite of dry bread [eaten] in peace than a family feast filled with strife.

King James Bible
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

American King James Version
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

Bible in Basic English
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

Geneva Study Bible

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

(a) For where there were many sacrifices, there were many portions given to the people, with which they feasted.

King James Translators' Notes

sacrifices: or, good cheer

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 17

Pr 17:1-28.

1. sacrifices-or, "feasts" made with part of them (compare Pr 7:14; Le 2:3; 7:31).

with-literally, "of."

strife-its product, or attendant.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:1 These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life. 2. The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son. 3. God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.


Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred. (NASB ©1995)

Behaviour Better Bit Bread Crust Dry Feasting Full House Morsel Peace Quiet Quietness Rest Sacrifices Strife Therewith Violent


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

a dry 15:17 Ps 37:16

an house 7:14

sacrifices 21:9,19

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Alphabetical: a and Better crust dry feasting full house is it morsel of peace quiet quietness strife than with

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