Proverbs 15:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Better a dish of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with justice, than a large income with injustice.

Proverbs 17:1

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

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind! Companions and Successors.

Matthew 22:4

A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’

Luke 15:23

Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast,

Philippians 2:1

If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,

1 John 4:16

We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.