Proverbs 15:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 Christian Unity and Christ’s Humility Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers truly live in unity! 2 It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard– Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed, that is where the LORD has decreed a blessing will be available– eternal life.

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