The King James Version Bible

Proverbs 15:17

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

Cross References

  1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
  2. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
  3. It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
  5. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
  6. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
  7. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.