Verse 16

Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:8 : 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
• 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
• Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng. 11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes? 12 A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche: and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it.
• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.
• Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle. 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
• Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yea I was weery of my labour which I had taken vnder the sunne, because I shoulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me: 19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng. 20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne, 21 Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie. 22 For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne? 23 But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.