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Proverbs · Chapter 15

Proverbs 15:17

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

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Before · Proverbs 15:15–16

15All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast. 16Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

After · Proverbs 15:18–19

18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. 19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Read all of Proverbs 15 (33 verses)

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