Proverbs 15:16 “Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with tur…”

Proverbs 15:16

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

World English Bible

Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

American Standard Version

Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Geneva Bible 1599

Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

Darby Translation

Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.

Young's Literal Translation

Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

Bible in Basic English

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

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Cross references

“little”

Proverbs 16:8 Psalm 37:16 1 Timothy 6:6 Proverbs 28:6

Proverbs 16:8 · BSB

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Psalm 37:16 · BSB

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

1 Timothy 6:6 · BSB

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Proverbs 28:6 · BSB

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

“great”

Ecclesiastes 5:10–12 Proverbs 10:22 Ecclesiastes 2:18–23 Ecclesiastes 2:10 Ecclesiastes 2:11

Ecclesiastes 5:10–12 · BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Proverbs 10:22 · BSB

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

Ecclesiastes 2:18–23 · BSB

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 · BSB

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

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