Proverbs 15:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

Matthew 22:4

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

Luke 15:23

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

Philippians 2:1

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

1 John 4:16

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.