Proverbs 15:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it. [Prov. 17:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Common English Bible

Better a meal of greens with love than a plump calf with hate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

It is better to be called to vegetables with charity, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 15:17 Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent out other servants and said, “Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”

Luke 15:23

Then bring the fattened calf   and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast,

Philippians 2:1

If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love,  if any fellowship with the Spirit,  if any affection and mercy,

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.