17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.^(A)

¹⁷ Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.^(A)

¹⁹ Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.^(A)

¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth^(A) of many wicked;

⁹ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(A)

¹⁴ “Today I fulfilled my vows,
    and I have food from my fellowship offering^(A) at home.