“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11)
Growing Dominion, Part 101
“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife” (Prov. 17:1).
The book of Proverbs loves comparisons—this is better than that. And it loves combinations of comparisons—this with that is better than that with this. In this case, it is better to have peace and quiet and not very much than to have abundance coupled with pandemonium. This is an important standard for those to who have businesses to remember. There are those who identify hard work (which the Bible commends) with hectic panic (which the Bible does not). When there is strife and commotion, it doesn’t matter that you have a lot of things that are part of the commotion. And if you have peace, the fact that there is not very much there as part of the peace is still reassuring. The merchant or businessman therefore should not confuse frenzy with industry.