Verse 1

Better a dry piece of bread with peace than a house full of feasting accompanied by strife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.