Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,\par\tab Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,\par\tab Than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is better to dwell in a desert land,\par\tab Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
and bring the fatted calf, {\i and} kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.\par
Better is a little, with righteousness,\par\tab Than great revenues with injustice.