Verse 17

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better a dry piece of bread with peace than a house full of feasting accompanied by strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate!
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents by David: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down onto the collar of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion, for there the LORD commanded the blessing—life forevermore.