Proverbs 15:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

KJV

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

WEB

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

ASV

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

LSV

Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, || Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

YLT

Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

DBY

Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.

DRC

It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

GNV

Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.

JPS

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

LXXE

Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Κρείσσων ξενισμὸς μετὰ λαχάνων πρὸς φιλίαν καὶ χάριν, ἢ παράθεσις μόσχων μετὰ ἔχθρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
• Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
• Psalms 133:1–3Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of…
• Philippians 2:1Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
• 1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
• Matthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
• Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

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