Proverbs 15:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.

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  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and everything is ready: come to the wedding.
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry:
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there the LORD commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

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