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Pro_17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
Ver. 1. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith.] Though there be not so much as a little vinegar to dip in. {Pro_14:17} {See Trapp on "Pro_14:17"} The Hebrew word properly signifies a morsel of bread, as Rabbi Elias tells us. So, then, better is a crust of coarse bread without any other dainties or dishes - never so little, with love and peace - than a houseful of sacrifices; that is, of good cheer, usual at offering up of sacrifices. {Pro_7:14} And hereunto Saint James seems to allude in Pro_5:5.