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Proverbs 15:17

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Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Better {H2896} is a dinner {H737} of herbs {H3419} where love {H160} is, than a stalled {H75} ox {H7794} and hatred {H8135} therewith.

Better a vegetable dinner with love than a stall-fattened ox with hate.

Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 17:1 (8 votes)

    ¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

  • Proverbs 21:19 (6 votes)

    ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

  • Philippians 2:1 (1 votes)

    ¶ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  • Matthew 22:4 (1 votes)

    Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.

  • 1 John 4:16 (1 votes)

    And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  • Psalms 133:1 (1 votes)

    ¶ A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!

  • Psalms 133:3 (1 votes)

    As the dew of Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.