Proverbs 15:17

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.
• New Living Translation (NLT)A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.

Context of Proverbs 15:17

15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast. 16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it. 18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention. 19The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 15:17 word by word

ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Betterטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• a dinnerאֲרֻחָה'ărûchâh · rationH737
• of herbsיָרָקyârâq · herbH3419
• where loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• is, than a stalledאָבַס'âbas · to fattenH75
• oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• and hatredשִׂנְאָהώin'âh · hatingH8135

Cross-references for Proverbs 15:17

• Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
• Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
• Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
• Philippians 2:1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
• 1 John 4:16So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides 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

Topics related to Proverbs 15:17

• Cattle
• Family
• Food
• Hatred
• Herbs
• Love
• Malice
• Peace
• Riches
• Stall

In the dictionaries

• Abomination
• Cheerful
• Continual
• Countenance
• Disappoint
• Disperse
• Feast
• Grievous
• Humility
• Poetry

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