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Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
Proverbs 17:1 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 17:1 in other translations
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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In context
1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
4 The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
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