Proverbs 15:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Better `is' an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better `is' a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than `with' a woman of contentions and anger.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things `are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry,
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If, then, any exhortation `is' in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together! 2 As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes, 3 As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

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