Verse 16

Better{H2896} is little{H4592} with the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068} than great{H7227} treasure{H214} and trouble{H4103} therewith.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better{H2896} is a little{H4592} with righteousness{H6666} than great{H7230} revenues{H8393} without right{H4941}.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But{G1161} godliness{G2150} with{G3326} contentment{G841} is{G2076}{(G5748)} great{G3173} gain{G4200}.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little{H4592} that a righteous man{H6662} hath is better{H2896} than the riches{H1995} of many{H7227} wicked{H7563}.
  • Eccl 5:10-12 : 10 He that loveth{H157}{(H8802)} silver{H3701} shall not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with silver{H3701}; nor he that loveth{H157}{(H8802)} abundance{H1995} with increase{H8393}: this is also vanity{H1892}. 11 When goods{H2896} increase{H7235}{(H8800)}, they are increased{H7231}{(H8804)} that eat{H398}{(H8802)} them: and what good{H3788} is there to the owners{H1167} thereof, saving{H518} the beholding{H7207}{(H8675)}{H7212}{(H8801)} of them with their eyes{H5869}? 12 The sleep{H8142} of a labouring man{H5647}{(H8802)} is sweet{H4966}, whether he eat{H398}{(H8799)} little{H4592} or much{H7235}{(H8687)}: but the abundance{H7647} of the rich{H6223} will not suffer{H3240}{(H8688)} him to sleep{H3462}{(H8800)}.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing{H1293} of the LORD{H3068}, it maketh rich{H6238}{(H8686)}, and he addeth{H3254}{(H8686)} no sorrow{H6089} with it.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better{H2896} is the poor{H7326}{(H8802)} that walketh{H1980}{(H8802)} in his uprightness{H8537}, than he that is perverse{H6141} in his ways{H1870}, though he be rich{H6223}.
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592}{(H8804)} I kept{H680}{(H8804)} not from them, I withheld{H4513}{(H8804)} not my heart{H3820} from any joy{H8057}; for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} in all my labour{H5999}: and this was my portion{H2506} of all my labour{H5999}. 11 Then I looked{H6437}{(H8804)} on all the works{H4639} that my hands{H3027} had wrought{H6213}{(H8804)}, and on the labour{H5999} that I had laboured{H5998}{(H8804)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}: and, behold, all was vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}, and there was no profit{H3504} under the sun{H8121}.
  • Eccl 2:18-23 : 18 Yea, I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} all my labour{H5999} which I had taken{H6001} under the sun{H8121}: because I should leave{H3240}{(H8686)} it unto the man{H120} that shall be after{H310} me. 19 And who knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} whether he shall be a wise{H2450} man or a fool{H5530}? yet shall he have rule{H7980}{(H8799)} over all my labour{H5999} wherein I have laboured{H5998}{(H8804)}, and wherein I have shewed myself wise{H2449}{(H8804)} under the sun{H8121}. This is also vanity{H1892}. 20 Therefore I went about{H5437}{(H8804)} to cause{H2976} my heart{H3820} to despair{H2976}{(H8763)} of all the labour{H5999} which I took{H5998}{(H8804)} under the sun{H8121}. 21 For there is{H3426} a man{H120} whose labour{H5999} is in wisdom{H2451}, and in knowledge{H1847}, and in equity{H3788}; yet to a man{H120} that hath not laboured{H5998}{(H8804)} therein shall he leave{H5414}{(H8799)} it for his portion{H2506}. This also is vanity{H1892} and a great{H7227} evil{H7451}. 22 For what hath{H1933}{(H8802)} man{H120} of all his labour{H5999}, and of the vexation{H7475} of his heart{H3820}, wherein{H1931} he hath laboured{H6001} under the sun{H8121}? 23 For all his days{H3117} are sorrows{H4341}, and his travail{H6045} grief{H3708}; yea, his heart{H3820} taketh not rest{H7901}{(H8804)} in the night{H3915}. This is also vanity{H1892}.