Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
In Context
15All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 17:1Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 4:6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
1 Timothy 6:6But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:16
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. See here what a great difference there is between the condition and temper of some and others of the children of men. 1. Some are much in affliction, and of a sorrowful spirit, and all their days are evil days, like those of old age, and days of which they say they have no pleasure in them. They eat in darkness ( Eccl. v. 17 ) and never eat with pleasure, Job xxi. 25 . How many are the afflictions of the afflicted in… Read the whole commentary →