Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. 

Seventeen “Better” sayings in Proverbs: Wisdom is better than gold and silver (3:14; 8:19). Wisdom is better than rubies (3:15; 8:11). A person who is despised but lives humbly is better than one who honours himself falsely (12:9). A little with the fear of the Lord is better than great treasure with trouble (15:16). A simple meal with love is better than a rich feast filled with hatred (15:17). A patient person is better than a hot-tempered warrior (16:32). One who controls his spirit is better than one who conquers a city (16:32). A dry morsel with peace is better than a house full of feasting with strife (17:1). A poor person who lives honestly is better than a fool who speaks perversely (19:1). A poor man is better than a liar (19:22). It is better to live alone in a corner of the roof than with a quarrelsome wife in a spacious house (21:9; 25:24). It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman (21:19). It is better to be honoured later than to exalt oneself and be humiliated (25:7). Open rebuke is better than hidden love (27:5). A nearby neighbour is better than a distant relative in times of need (27:10). A righteous poor man is better than a wicked rich man (28:6). It is better to live rightly in humility than to enjoy wealth gained through sin.

‘A dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.’  It is better to live with little, just a dry piece of bread, if there is peace and quiet, than to dwell in a house full of feasting and abundance where conflict and tension are constant companions. True wealth lies not in possessions, but in the presence of harmony and contentment.

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. 

‘Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.’ It is better to be poor and righteous than to be rich and wicked.

Seventeen “Better” sayings in Proverbs: Wisdom is better than gold and silver (3:14; 8:19). Wisdom is better than rubies (3:15; 8:11). A person who is despised but lives humbly is better than one who honours himself falsely (12:9). A little with the fear of the Lord is better than great treasure with trouble (15:16). A simple meal with love is better than a rich feast filled with hatred (15:17). A patient person is better than a hot-tempered warrior (16:32). One who controls his spirit is better than one who conquers a city (16:32). A dry morsel with peace is better than a house full of feasting with strife (17:1). A poor person who lives honestly is better than a fool who speaks perversely (19:1). A poor man is better than a liar (19:22). It is better to live alone in a corner of the roof than with a quarrelsome wife in a spacious house (21:9; 25:24). It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman (21:19). It is better to be honoured later than to exalt oneself and be humiliated (25:7). Open rebuke is better than hidden love (27:5). A nearby neighbour is better than a distant relative in times of need (27:10). A righteous poor man is better than a wicked rich man (28:6). It is better to live rightly in humility than to enjoy wealth gained through sin.

These comparisons highlight the enduring value of character, wisdom, peace, and godliness over wealth, pride, or outward success.

Proverbs 15:16-17 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 

‘Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.’ Better is poverty with the fear of the Lord, than riches with troubles.

Proverbs 22:4 states that by humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, honour and life. Riches, honour, and life depend upon humility and fear of the Lord.

‘Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.’ Better is a poor man’s dinner where love is than a rich man’s feast with hatred and strife.

Psalms 37:16 states that the little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. This is always true due to the blessing of God upon the little. A righteous man is content with little under the most trying circumstances when he is blessed by his heavenly Father (15:16; 16:8; 1Cor. 10:31; 1Thess. 5:18).