1 Better 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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Better ט֤וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular a dry חֲ֭רֵבָה H2720 Adjective - feminine singular morsel פַּ֣ת H6595 Noun - feminine singular in quietness וְשַׁלְוָה־ H7962 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular than a house מִ֝בַּ֗יִת H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular full of מָלֵ֥א H4392 Adjective - masculine singular feasting זִבְחֵי־ H2077 Noun - masculine plural construct with strife רִֽיב׃ H7379 Noun - masculine singular
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