Proverbs 15:16

World English Bible (2000)

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

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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 has, than the abundance 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, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his 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 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold 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 at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. 19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of 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 began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

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    23The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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

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    15All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

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    4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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    33The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

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    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

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

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    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

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