Proverbs 15:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 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.
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
  • Phil 2:1 : 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,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 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.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

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