Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.
17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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 →