Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

An house

General references

Bible References

A dry

Proverbs 15:17
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox with hatred.
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.

An house

Proverbs 7:14
“I’ve made fellowship offerings;
today I’ve fulfilled my vows.

With

Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

General references

Proverbs 15:17
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox with hatred.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

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