Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Better is a dry morsel - Peace and contentment, and especially domestic peace, are beyond all other blessings.
A house full of sacrifices - A Hindoo priest, who officiates at a festival, sometimes receives so many offeringss that his house is filled with them, so that many of them are damaged before they can be used - Ward.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Proverbs 17:1:
Deuteronomy 18:3
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