Proverbs 15:17-19

Amplified Bible

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Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.^(A)
¹⁸
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.
¹⁹
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him],
But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.