Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
Ver. 1. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith.] Though there be not so much as a little vinegar to dip in. Pro 14:17 See Trapp on " Pro 14:17 " The Hebrew word properly signifies a morsel of bread, as Rabbi Elias tells us. So, then, better is a crust of coarse bread without any other dainties or dishes - never so little, with love and peace - than a houseful of sacrifices; that is, of good cheer, usual at offering up of sacrifices. Pro 7:14 And hereunto Saint James seems to allude in Proverbs 5:5 .