8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• 2Thess 3:12 — Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• Eccl 4:6 — Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
• Prov 7:14 — I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
• Prov 15:17 — Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
• Prov 15:17 — Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
• Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
• Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
• Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
• Ps 37:16 — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.