Proverbs 15:17

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

Matthew 22:4

Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

Luke 15:23

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

Philippians 2:1

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

1 John 4:16

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