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Proverbs 15:16
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Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.
Better a little with the fear of the Lordthan great treasure with turmoil.
Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble.
It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be rich and have many troubles.
Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the LORD Than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
It's better to obey the Lord and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly confused.
Better little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth coupled with worry.
Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.
Better is little with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.
Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord.
Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Better is little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.
It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be wealthy and have much trouble.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble.
Better to have little, with fear for the Lord , than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.
A little with the fear of the Lord is better than great riches with trouble.
Better is a little, with the reverence of Yahweh, than great treasure, and disquietude therewith.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.
Better is a little with reverence for the LORD than the great treasures of the wicked.
Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
Betere is a litil with the drede of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillable.
Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
A simple life in the Fear-of- God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
Better is a little with the fear of YahwehThan great treasure and turmoil with it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
little: Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 28:6, Psalms 37:16, 1 Timothy 6:6
great: Proverbs 10:22, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:18-23, Ecclesiastes 5:10-12
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:2 - General Psalms 119:141 - small Proverbs 12:27 - but Proverbs 15:6 - the house Proverbs 19:1 - Better Proverbs 23:17 - be thou Ecclesiastes 4:6 - General Isaiah 33:6 - fear Luke 12:15 - for
Cross-References
And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
But he said, "Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?"
So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Now the time that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was 430 years.
He also acted very despicably in following idols, conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out from the sons of Israel.
"And in the latter period of their dominion, When the wrongdoers have run their course, A king will arise, Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always reach the limit of their sins. But wrath has come upon them fully.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Better [is] little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. Not that a "little" is better than "much" of that which is good, as the things of this world are in themselves; poverty is not better than riches, simply considered; but as these are attended with different circumstances: if a man has but little of worldly substance, yet if he has "the fear of God" in his heart, and before his eyes; that fear which has God for its author and for its object, and which is itself a treasure; and may be here put for all grace, for the riches of grace saints are partakers of; such a man's little is better than another man's abundance without the fear of the Lord, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it: for such a man, though he has but little, which is the common portion of good men, yet he does not lack; be has enough, and is content; what he has he has with a blessing, and he enjoys it, and God in it, and has communion with him; and has also other bread to eat, the world knows nothing of: and particularly having the fear of God, the eve of God is upon him with pleasure; his heart is towards him, and sympathizes with him in all his troubles; his hand communicates unto him both temporal and spiritual meat, which is given to them that fear the Lord; his angels encamp about him, his power protects him; his secrets are with him, and inconceivable and inexpressible goodness is laid up for him: wherefore he is better off with his little, having the fear of God, than another with his great abundance and affluence, being destitute of it: and besides, having a great deal of "trouble" along with his treasure; trouble in amassing and getting it together; trouble in keeping it from being lost, or taken away by thieves and, robbers, for fear of which he cannot sleep; trouble through an insatiable desire of having more; he has no rest nor peace because he has not so much as he would have, or others have. Besides, he has what he has with curse; God sends upon him cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all he sets his hand to, Deuteronomy 28:2; where the same word is used as here: and he has it also with the cry of the poor; so some render the word, "a noise" or "tumult" g; and interpret it of the cries and tears of those that are oppressed and injured; so Jarchi and Gersom; or, "with terror" h, as some render it; with the terrors of a guilty conscience, with the fear of hell and everlasting damnation. Better have a little with a good conscience, than ever so much attended with such circumstances; it is not any man's little, but the good man's little, that is preferable to the wicked man's much; see Psalms 37:16.
g מהומה "tumultus", Tigurine version, Montanus, Vatablus; "strepitus", Mercerus. h "Terror", Aben Ezra.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This proverb has its completion in the teaching of Matthew 6:33.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 15:16. Better is little with the fear of the Lord — Because where the fear of God is, there are moderation and contentment of spirit.
