Proverbs 15:17 (WEB)
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“But even here the holy Scriptures have been on the watch against love of money, that it might prove no cause of hindrance, saying: “Better is hospitality, even though it consisteth only of herbs.”” — editor's note: Prov. xv. 17.
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Clement of Alexandria
““And herbs, with love, are better than a calf with fraud.”” — editor's note: Prov. xv. 17.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.21.