Proverbs 15:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Better is little with the fear of the LORD 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 without right.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches 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 is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, 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 in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

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    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

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    17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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    23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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    15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

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    6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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    4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

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    19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

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    33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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    26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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    22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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    13He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.

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  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

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