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Proverbs 15:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Proverbs 15:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 15:17 in context
15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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Key words (Strong's)
- stalledʼâbaçto fodderH75 →
- Betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- dinnerʼăruchâha ration of foodH737 →
- herbsyârâqproperly, greenH3419 →
- loveʼahăbâh{affection }H160 →
- oxshôwra bullockH7794 →
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Solomon had said in the foregoing verse that he who has not a large estate, or a great income, but a cheerful spirit, has a continual feast; Christian contentment, and joy in God, make the life easy and pleasant;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-17