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17 A dish of vegetables with love is better than eating the best meat with hate.

18 A man with a bad temper starts fights, but he who is slow to anger quiets fighting.

19 The path of the lazy man is grown over with thorns, but the path of the faithful is a good road.

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17 (A)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

18 (B)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

19 (C)The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns,
But the way of the upright is a highway.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables