Proverbs 15:17

World English Bible (2000)

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes; 3 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore. A Song of Ascents.

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