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17 Better is a dry morsel with quiet
    than a house full of feasting with strife.(A)

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17 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
    than a fatted ox and hatred with it.(A)

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19 It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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16 Better is a little that the righteous person has
    than the abundance of many wicked.(A)

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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a contentious wife.(A)

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14 “I had to offer sacrifices,
    and today I have paid my vows;(A)

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