Proverbs 15:17

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 15:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
  2. Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
  3. Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
  4. Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
  5. Ecclesiastes 4:6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
  6. Matthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
  7. Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
  8. Philippians 2:1Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
  9. 1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

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