Focused Passage

Proverbs 15:17

The LORD Sees Every Heart: Wise Speech, Teachable Correction, and the Path of Life

The chapter moves through speech and correction, worship and divine scrutiny, the heart and knowledge, fear of the LORD and household peace, counsel and timely words, the upward path of life, the LORD's opposition to pride and greed, and the final union of correction, understanding, fear of the LORD, humility, and honor.

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17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

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Verse 17

Original words

Better ט֤וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular a dish אֲרֻחַ֣ת H737 Noun - feminine singular construct of vegetables יָ֭רָק H3419 Noun - masculine singular where שָׁ֑ם H8033 Adverb there is love וְאַהֲבָה־ H160 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular than a fattened אָ֝ב֗וּס H75 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular ox מִשּׁ֥וֹר H7794 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular with hatred וְשִׂנְאָה־ H8135 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

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