Proverbs 15:16
Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
In Context
15All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but a good conscience is a continuall feast.
17Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.
1 Timothy 6:6But godlinesse is great gaine, if a man be content with that he hath.
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 →