King James Version
Proverbs 17:1 in the King James Version says “Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. sacrifices: or, good chee...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. sacrifices: or, good cheer”
Proverbs 17:1 · KJV
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. sacrifices: or, good cheer
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Better”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“therewith than an house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“full”
H4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
“of sacrifices”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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