Verse 16
Better{H2896} is little,{H4592} with the fear{H3374} of Jehovah,{H3068} Than great{H7227} treasure{H214} and trouble{H4103} therewith.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 16:8 : 8 Better{H2896} is a little,{H4592} with righteousness,{H6666} Than great{H7230} revenues{H8393} with injustice.{H4941}
- 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But{G1161} godliness{G2150} with{G3326} contentment{G841} is{G2076} great{G3173} gain:{G4200}
- Ps 37:16 : 16 Better{H2896} is a little{H4592} that the righteous{H6662} hath Than the abundance{H1995} of many{H7227} wicked.{H7563}
- Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He that loveth{H157} silver{H3701} shall not be satisfied{H7646} with silver;{H3701} nor he that loveth{H157} abundance,{H1995} with increase:{H8393} this also is vanity.{H1892} 11 When goods{H2896} increase,{H7235} they are increased{H7231} that eat{H398} them; and what advantage{H3788} is there to the owner{H1167} thereof, save{H518} the beholding{H7207} [of them] with his eyes?{H5869} 12 The sleep{H8142} of a laboring man{H5647} is sweet,{H4966} whether he eat{H398} little{H4592} or much;{H7235} but the fulness{H7647} of the rich{H6223} will not suffer{H3240} him to sleep.{H3462}
- Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing{H1293} of Jehovah,{H3068} it maketh rich;{H6238} And he addeth{H3254} no sorrow{H6089} therewith.
- Prov 28:6 : 6 Better{H2896} is the poor{H7326} that walketh{H1980} in his integrity,{H8537} Than he that is perverse{H6141} in [his] ways,{H1870} though he be rich.{H6223}
- Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592} I kept{H680} not from them; I withheld{H4513} not my heart{H3820} from any joy;{H8057} for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} because of all my labor;{H5999} and this was my portion{H2506} from all my labor.{H5999} 11 Then I looked{H6437} on all the works{H4639} that my hands{H3027} had wrought,{H6213} and on the labor{H5999} that I had labored{H5999} to do;{H6213} and, behold, all was vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind,{H7307} and there was no profit{H3504} under the sun.{H8121}
- Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 And I hated{H8130} all my labor{H5999} wherein I labored{H5999} under the sun,{H8121} seeing that I must leave{H3240} it unto the man{H120} that shall be after{H310} me. 19 And who knoweth{H3045} whether he will be a wise{H2450} man or a fool?{H5530} yet will he have rule{H7980} over all my labor{H5999} wherein I have labored,{H5999} and wherein I have showed myself wise{H2449} under the sun.{H8121} This also is vanity.{H1892} 20 Therefore I turned about{H5437} to cause{H2976} my heart{H3820} to despair{H2976} concerning all the labor{H5999} wherein I had labored{H5999} under the sun.{H8121} 21 For there is{H3426} a man{H120} whose labor{H5999} is with wisdom,{H2451} and with knowledge,{H1847} and with skilfulness;{H3788} yet to a man{H120} that hath not labored{H5998} therein shall he leave{H5414} it for his portion.{H2506} This also is vanity{H1892} and a great{H7227} evil.{H7451} 22 For what hath{H1933} a man{H120} of all his labor,{H5999} and of the striving{H7475} of his heart,{H3820} wherein{H1931} he laboreth{H6001} under the sun?{H8121} 23 For all his days{H3117} are [but] sorrows,{H4341} and his travail{H6045} is grief;{H3708} yea, even in the night{H3915} his heart{H3820} taketh no rest.{H7901} This also is vanity.{H1892}