Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Peace » Advantages of
Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
Quietness » Encouraged
but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,
Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
Strife » Temporal blessing embittered by
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.