Proverbs 17:1
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
זֶבַח
sacrifices of
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זֶבַח
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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מָלֵא
full
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מָלֵא
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
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רִיב
strife
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רִיב
a contest (personal or legal)
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חָרֵב
dry
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חָרֵב
parched or ruined
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