17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
19 The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 15:17-19
Commentary on Proverbs 15:16-17
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Believers often have enough when worldly eyes see little; the Lord is with them, without the cares, troubles, and temptations which are with the wealth of the wicked.
Commentary on Proverbs 15:18
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He that is slow to anger, not only prevents strife, but appeases it, if kindled.
Commentary on Proverbs 15:19
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Those who have no heart to their work, pretend that they cannot do their work without hardship and danger. And thus many live always in doubt about their state, because always in neglect of some duty.