Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith.
Leeser Tanakh
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 afflicted are evil; but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.
17Better is an allowance of herbs when love is there, than a stall-fed ox and hatred therewith.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a piece of dry bread, and quiet therewith, than a house full of the sacrifices of contention.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is a handful of quiet, than both the hands full of toil and torture of spirit.
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 →