Verse 16

Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
• 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
• Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge? 11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? 12 A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.
• Prov 28:6 : 6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
• Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle. 11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.
• Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me: 19 for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge? 20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne: 21 for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery. 22 For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne, 23 but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?