Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Berean Standard Bible
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 oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Ecclesiastes 2:10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
1 Timothy 6:6Of course, 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 →