THEOSISProverbs 17:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
- Ps 37 (36):16
- Prov 21:9It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Prov 7:14I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.