Proverbi 17:1

La Nuova Diodati

E meglio un tozzo di pane secco con la pace, che una casa ricolma di animali ammazzati con la discordia.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
E’ meglio un tozzo di pan secco con la pace, che una casa piena di carni con la discordia.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Migliore è un boccon di pane secco, con quiete, Che una casa piena di animali ammazzati, con rissa.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a dry: Proverbs 15:17, Psalms 37:16

an house: Proverbs 7:14

sacrifices: or, good cheer

with: Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:24 - the king Ecclesiastes 4:6 - General 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - that 2 Thessalonians 3:12 - that with James 5:5 - as in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,.... A small quantity of bread; a broken piece of bread, as the word w signifies; which has been long broken off, and become "dry" x; a dry crust of bread; old bread, as the Arabic version; an old, mouldy, dry piece of bread: and the word used has the signification of destruction in it: bread that has lost its taste and virtue; or, however, a mere piece of bread is meant, without anything to eat with it, as Gersom, butter, cheese, or flesh: this, with quietness and peace among those that partake of it, peace in the family, in a man's own mind, especially if he has the peace of God, which passeth all understanding; this is better

than a house full of sacrifices [with] strife; than a house ever so well furnished with good cheer, or a table ever so richly spread; or where there is plenty of slain beasts for food, or for sacrifice, which were usually the best, and part of which the people had to eat, and at which times feasts used to be made; but the meanest food, with tranquillity and contentment, is preferable to the richest entertainment where there is nothing but strife and contention among the guests; for, where that is, there is confusion and every evil work: peace and joy in the Holy Ghost are better than meats and drinks. Mr. Dod used to say,

"brown bread and the Gospel are good fare;''

see Proverbs 15:17.

w פת "frustrum", a פתת, "fregit", Gejerus. x חרבה "siccum frustum panis", Tigurine version; "cibi sicci" Junius Tremellius "brucella sicca", V. L. Mercerus, Piscator; "buccea sicca", Cocceuis; "frustum sicci, sc. cibi", Michaelis, "frustum siccae buccellae, Schultens, so Ben Melech.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sacrifices - The feast accompanied the offerings Proverbs 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 therefore one abounding in sumptuous feasts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

Contentment. The wise servant. The Lord tries the heart.

Children a crown to their parents. We should hide our

neighbour's faults. The poor should not be despised.

Litigations and quarrels to be avoided. Wealth is useless to

a fool. The good friend. A fool may pass for a wise man when

he holds his peace.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII

Verse Proverbs 17:1. Better is a dry morsel — Peace and contentment, and especially domestic peace, are beyond all other blessings.

A house full of sacrifices — A Hindoo priest, who officiates at a festival, sometimes receives so many offerings that his house is filled with them, so that many of them are damaged before they can be used.-Ward.