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Proverbs 15:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

15 All the days of the poor are evil,
    but a good heart is a continual feast.[a]
16 [b]Better a little with fear of the Lord
    than a great fortune with anxiety.
17 Better a dish of herbs where love is
    than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:15 Good heart does not refer to good intentions but to an instructed mind. Wisdom makes poverty not only bearable but even joyful like the joy of feast days.
  2. 15:16–17 The sages favor wealth over poverty—but not at any price; cf. Ps 37:16.
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