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16 [a]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.
18 The ill-tempered stir up strife,(A)
    but the patient settle disputes.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:16–17 The sages favor wealth over poverty—but not at any price; cf. Ps 37:16.