Proverbs 15:17

New International Version

Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

Proverbs 17:1

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

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

Matthew 22:4

“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Luke 15:23

Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.

Philippians 2:1

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

1 John 4:16

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.