Proverbs 15:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.

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  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes, and sayde: Tell the gestes: Beholde, I haue prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled, and all thinges are readye, come to the mariage.
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery:
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 Yf there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ, yf there be eny comforte of loue, yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete, yf there be eny compassion and mercy,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 Beholde, how good & ioyfull a thinge it is, brethre to dwell together in vnite. It is like yt precious oyntment vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd, eue vnto Aarons beerd, & wete downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge. 2 Like the dewe of Hermon, which fell vpon the hill of Sion. 3 For there the LORDE promised his blessynge, and life for euermore.

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    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

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    14A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.

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    27The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue.

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    9It is better to dwell in a corner vnder ye house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house.

  • Prov 17:19
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