17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than an house full of {a} sacrifices [with] strife.
(a) For where there were many sacrifices, there were many portions given to the people, with which they feasted.
17:1 These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life. 2. The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son. 3. God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.
