(A)Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

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(A)Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice.

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
17 (B)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables

16 (A)A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.

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The Lord Tests Hearts

17 Better is (A)a dry morsel with quietness,
Than a house full of [a]feasting with strife.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:1 Or sacrificial meals

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