¹⁷ Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.^(A)

¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth^(A) of many wicked;
¹⁷ for the power of the wicked will be broken,^(B)
    but the Lord upholds^(C) the righteous.

⁸ A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.^(A)

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain^(A) with injustice.^(B)

17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.^(A)