Proverbs 15:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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 ¶ A Song of degrees of David. 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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