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

^17 (A)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than ^(B)a fattened ox and hatred with it.

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

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

¹⁴ “I had to ^(A)offer sacrifices,^[a]
    and today I have ^(B)paid my vows;