Daily Wisdom: Proverbs 15:17

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
— Proverbs 15:17

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"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed."
— 1 Peter 1:13 —
"The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out."
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— James 1:26 —
"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness."
— 1 John 2:9 —

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