Bible verse
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 17:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 17.
1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
KJV
Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
ASV
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
ERV
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife.
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