Geneva Bible Notes Reformed @genevanotes

Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife. (a) For where there were many sacrifices, there were many portions given to the people, with which they feasted.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Pro 17:1 A comparative proverb with טוב, pairing with Pro 16:32 : Better a dry piece of bread, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of slain beasts with unquietness. Similar to this in form and contents are Pro 15:16. and Pro 16:8. פּת חרבה is a piece of bread (פת, fem., as Pro 23:8) without savoury drink (Theodotion, καθ ̓ ἑαυτόν, i.e., nothing with it), cf.