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

⁹ It is ^(A)better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

¹⁹ It is ^(A)better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

^24 (A)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.