Proverbs 17:1
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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 a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with quarrels.
Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.
A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
It is better to have nothing but a dry piece of bread to eat in peace than a whole house full of food with everyone arguing.
It is better to eat a piece of dry bread in a quiet place, than to eat a big feast in a house full of arguments.
Better a piece of dry bread with peace than a house full of feasting with quarreling.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in ·peace [quiet] than to have a feast where there is ·quarreling [strife; contention].
Better is a dry morsel, if peace be with it, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better a bite of dry bread ⌞eaten⌟ in peace than a family feast filled with strife.
Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.
Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.
¶ Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.
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 an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled with feasts of strife.
A dry crust eaten in peace is better than steak every day along with argument and strife.
A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better a bite of dry bread eaten in peace than a family feast filled with strife.
Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is better to have a dry crust to eat in peace than to feast in a house that is filled with strife.
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace and quiet than to eat a big dinner in a house full of fighting.
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
A dry piece of food with peace and quiet is better than a house full of food with fighting.
Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry crust, and quietness therewith, than a bais full of zevakhim (sacrificial religious meals) with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better to gnaw on a bit of dry crust in peace than to feast in a house full of stress.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than an house full of sacrifices with chiding, (or with arguments).
Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
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