Proverbs 15:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
In context
15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 15:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- KJV King James Version
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- WEB World English Bible
- Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.