Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Proverbs 17:1

Conflict and reconciliationContentmentPeace
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
KJV
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
WEB
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
ASV
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
DARBY
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.
BLB
Better [is] a dry morsel and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
ÅB
Bedre et stykke tørt brød med ro og fred enn et hus fullt av slakt med trette.
OTB
Bedre er en tørr skorpe med fred enn et hus fullt av festing med konflikt.
B1930
Bedre et stykke tørt brød med ro og fred enn et hus fullt av slakt med trette.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references