1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)These words recommend family-love and peace, as conducing very much to the comfort of human life. 1. Those that live in unity and quietness, not only free from jealousies and animosities, but vying in mutual endearments, and obliging to one another, live very comfortably, though they are low in the world, work hard and fare hard, though they have but each of them a morsel , and that a dry morsel .…
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