Proverbs 15:17
Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
In Context
16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
18An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
Matthew 22:4Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
Philippians 2:1If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
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 →