Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 15:17
17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love, than a fattened ox where there is 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 cheerful heart has a continual feast. 16Better is little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth with turmoil. Better a meal of vegetables where there is love, than a fattened ox where there is hatred. 18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel. 19The way of the slacker is a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is 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 dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
- Psalms 133:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
- Philippians 2:1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Messiah, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship of the Ruach, if there is any mercy and compassion,
- 1 John 4:16So we have come to know and trust in the love that God has for us. God is love. Now 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
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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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