Proverbs 15:17
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
In Context
16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
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.’
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,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:17-18
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 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; now here he tells us what is necessary to that cheerfulness of spirit which will furnish a man with a continual feast, though he… Read the whole commentary →