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Proverbs 15:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Proverbs 15:17

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15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

16 Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

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

18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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