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Proverbs 15:17
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Proverbs 15:17
17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
17*Better is a dinner of herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe, and hatred therewith.
- Chap. 17.1.
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Proverbs 15:17
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A meal, especially the principal meal of the day; a feast or entertainment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An enclosed place where cattle or other animals are kept and fed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Strong dislike, enmity, or hostility.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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Open the full verse study19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Open the full verse study16And 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.
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Open the full verse study4Again, 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.
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Open the full verse study1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
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Open the full verse study1BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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Open the full verse study23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
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