Proverbs 17:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner vnder ye house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

    17Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.

    18An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

  • Eccl 4:6
    78%

    6One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.

  • Prov 25:24
    75%

    24It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.

  • Prov 21:9
    75%

    9It is better to dwell in a corner vnder ye house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house.

  • Prov 17:14
    74%

    14He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.

  • Prov 21:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.

    20In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 16:8
    73%

    8Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

  • Eccl 9:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

    18For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.

  • Prov 15:1
    70%

    1A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

  • Prov 20:3
    70%

    3It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Prov 16:19
    70%

    19Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

  • Prov 19:13-15
    3 verses
    69%

    13An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.

    14House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.

    15Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

  • Prov 22:10
    69%

    10Cast out ye scornefull man, and so shal strife go out wt him, yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease.

  • Prov 21:14
    69%

    14A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.

  • Prov 13:10
    68%

    10Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.

  • Prov 26:20
    68%

    20Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: and where the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth.

  • Prov 13:23
    68%

    23There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.

  • Job 13:5
    68%

    5Wolde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye might be taken for wyse men.

  • Eccl 5:1
    68%

    1Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

  • Prov 15:27
    68%

    27The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue.

  • Eccl 7:2
    68%

    2It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte.

  • Prov 25:17
    67%

    17Withdrawe yi foote fro thy neghbours house, lest he be weery of the, and so abhorre the.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Prov 16:32
    67%

    32A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

  • Eccl 4:13
    67%

    13A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.

  • Prov 26:17
    67%

    17Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife, he is like one yt taketh a dogg by ye eares.

  • Prov 29:17
    67%

    17Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.

  • Prov 12:9
    67%

    9A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.

  • Prov 11:29
    67%

    29Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • Prov 27:15
    67%

    15A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

  • Prov 28:25
    67%

    25He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in ye LORDE, shalbe well fedd.

  • Prov 27:7
    67%

    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

  • Prov 9:17
    67%

    17stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist.

  • Prov 16:16
    67%

    16To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

  • Prov 15:6
    67%

    6In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.

  • Prov 10:19
    67%

    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Eccl 10:17
    66%

    17But well is the (O thou realme and londe) whose kinge is come of nobles, and whose prynces eate in due season, for strength and not for lust.

  • Prov 14:29
    66%

    29Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.