Proverbs 15:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

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  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.
  • Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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    8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 15:17
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    17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 15:15
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    15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

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    16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Prov 16:19-20
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    19 It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

    20 He who deals wisely in a matter will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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    1 A 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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    33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.

  • Prov 14:26-27
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    26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.

    27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

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

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    13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2 It 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 take it to heart.

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    6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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    9 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to those who fear him.

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    13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

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    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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

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    2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.