Proverbs 15:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain:
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
  • Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes? 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? 23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 15:17
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    17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 17:1
    77%

    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 15:15
    76%

    15All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

  • Prov 16:19-20
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    19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

    20He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Prov 15:33
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    33The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor [goeth] humility.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

  • Prov 14:26-27
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    26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

    27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • Ps 115:13
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    13He will bless them that fear Jehovah, Both small and great.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

  • Isa 33:6
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    6And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

  • Ps 34:9
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    9Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him.

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    13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

    14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

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    10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do [his commandments] : His praise endureth for ever.

  • Ps 128:1
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    1[A Song of Ascents]. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

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    27The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

  • Prov 15:13
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    13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

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    4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

  • Prov 9:10
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    10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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    11Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

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  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.