1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:1
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Betterט֤וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singulara dryחֲ֭רֵבָהH2720Adjective - feminine singularmorselפַּ֣תH6595Noun - feminine singularin quietnessוְשַׁלְוָה־H7962Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularthan a houseמִ֝בַּ֗יִתH1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularfull ofמָלֵ֥אH4392Adjective - masculine singularfeastingזִבְחֵי־H2077Noun - masculine plural constructwith strifeרִֽיב׃H7379Noun - masculine singular
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