17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.


In Context

14 The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

15 All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,

17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

18 A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.

19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.

Proverbs 15:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.