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Proverbs 15:17

Love for othersContentmentConflict and reconciliationMoney and wealth

15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

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

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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BSB
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
KJV
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
WEB
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
ASV
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
DARBY
Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
BLB
Better [is] a portion of herbs when love [is] there, than a fattened calf when hatred [is] with it.
ÅB
Bedre er en rett grønt med kjærlighet enn en fet okse med hat.
OTB
Bedre er en liten porsjon grønnsaker med kjærlighet enn en fet okse med hat.
B1930
Bedre er en rett grønt med kjærlighet enn en fet okse med hat.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 17:1

    Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

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  • Proverbs 21:19

    Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

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  • 1 John 4:16

    And 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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  • Psalms 133:1–3

    Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

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  • Matthew 22:4

    Again, 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.’

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  • Philippians 2:1

    Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

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