¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

¹ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

² It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;

³ Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore. Psalm 134 A Song of Ascents.

⁴ Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

²³ and bring the fatted calf, `and' kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

¹ If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

¹⁶ And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.