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 an house full of sacrifices with strife.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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

² It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

³ As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

⁴ Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

²³ And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

¹ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.