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16 Better is little with the fear of Yahweh
    than great treasure and trouble with it.[a]
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables when[b] love is there
    than a fattened ox and hatred with it.[c]
18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[d] he will calm contention.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or “him”
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Hebrew “and”
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or “him”
  4. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”