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Proverbs 15:17
17Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
Proverbs 15:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- New International Version (NIV)Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.
Context of Proverbs 15:17
15All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances]. 16Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord Than great treasure and trouble with it. Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present Than a fattened ox served with hatred. 18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes. 19The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:17 word by word
ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:17
- Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
- Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
- Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!
- Philippians 2:1Therefore if there is any encouragement and comfort in Christ [as there certainly is in abundance], if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship [that we share] in the Spirit, if [there is] any [great depth of] affection and compassion,
- 1 John 4:16We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Better is a dinner of herbs - Great numbers of indigent Hindoos subsist wholly on herbs, fried in oil, and mixed with their rice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17A dinner of herbs - The meals of the poor and the abstemious. The “stalled ox,” like the “fatted calf” of Luke 15:23, would indicate a stately magnificence.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-17Verses 16-17 Believers often have enough when worldly eyes see little; the Lord is with them, without the cares, troubles, and temptations which are with the wealth of the wicked.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17This proverb highlights the value of love over wealth. A big meal, like steak, is nice, but love is more important.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. dinner--or, "allowance" (2Ki 25:30)-- of herbs--and that the plainest. and hatred--(compare Pr 10:12, 18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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