Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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Barnes' Notes
Sacrifices - The feast accompanied the offerings Pro 7:14. Part of the victims were burned upon the altar, the rest was consumed by the worshipper and his friends. The “house full of sacrifices” was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
sacrifices with strife Lit. sacrifices of strife, but better rendered, good cheer with strife, A.V. marg.; or, feasting with strife, R.V. text. This rendering, however, may be arrived at in either of…
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