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.

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  • Proverbs 21:19

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

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  • 1 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.

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  • Psalms 133:1–3

    Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

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  • Matthew 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.

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  • Philippians 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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