Proverbs 15:17
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Read in contextProverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Read in context1 John 4:16
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.
Read in contextPsalms 133:1–3
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Read in contextMatthew 22:4
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.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:1
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
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