17 (A)Better is a portion of [a]vegetables where there is love,
Than a (B)fattened ox served with hatred.
18 A (C)hot-tempered person stirs up strife,
But the (D)slow to anger (E)calms a dispute.
19 The way of the [b]lazy one is like a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs
  2. Proverbs 15:19 Lit idle

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