Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of Yahweh 1 than great treasure with confusion. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 oppressed people are miserable, 1 but a cheerful heart has an unending feast. 1
17Better is a meal with vegetables where there is love 1 than a fatted calf served with hatred. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The good gifts of Yahweh bring wealth 1 and he adds no pain to it. 1
Proverbs 17:1It is better to have quiet with a dry morsel of bread 1 than a house full of feasting with strife. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:10Whatever my eyes desired, 2 I did not withhold from them. 1 I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, 2 because my heart rejoiced in all my labor 2 and pleasure was my reward for all my work. 1
Ecclesiastes 4:6But better is a handful of profit with quiet work 2 than two handfuls with the work that tries to shepherd the wind.
1 Timothy 6:6Now 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 →