Proverbs 15:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue, then a fat oxe with euyll wyll.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage.
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christe, yf any comfort of loue, if any felowship of ye spirite, yf any compassion and mercie,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in hym.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A song of high degrees (made) of Dauid. Beholde howe good and howe pleasaunt a thing it is: that brethren dwel together in vnitie. 2 It is lyke vnto a pretious oyntment powred vpon the head, which runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vpon Aarons beard: which also runneth downe vpon the skyrtes of his garmentes. 3 It is also like vnto the deawe of Hermon: whiche falleth downe vpon the hyll of Sion. For God hath commaunded his blessing: and life euerlasting to be where is suche concorde.

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    12Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.

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  • Prov 25:16-17
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    7He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.

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    6Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate.

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    14A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome stylleth furiousnesse.

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    27The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue.

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    9It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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    19He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.

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    21If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke:

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    21Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

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