Proverbs 15:16
It's better to respect the Lord and only have a little than to have plenty of money and the trouble that comes with it.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
In Context
15The life of poor people is hard, but if you stay cheerful, it's a continual feast.
17Better a dinner of vegetables where there's love than eating meat with hatred.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The Lord's blessing makes you rich, and he doesn't add any sadness to accompany it.
Proverbs 17:1Better to eat a dry scrap in peace than to feast in a house full of people arguing.
Ecclesiastes 2:10I didn't stop myself trying anything I wanted. Whatever I felt like enjoying, I did. I even enjoyed everything I had accomplished, a reward for all my work.
Ecclesiastes 4:6It's better to earn a little without stress than a lot with too much stress and chasing after the wind.
1 Timothy 6:6But knowing and following God is so incredibly satisfying!
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 →