Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 15:17
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Berean Standard Bible
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
King James Version
Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
World English Bible
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
American Standard Version
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 15
15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
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