Proverbs 15:16
Good News Translation
Better to be poor and fear the LORD than to be rich and in trouble.

New Revised Standard Version
Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.

Contemporary English Version
It's better to obey the LORD and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly anxious.

New American Bible
Better a little with fear of the LORD than a great fortune with anxiety.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.

little

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

great

Proverbs 10:22 A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.

Ecclesiastes 2:10,11,18-23 And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. . . .

Context
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath
15All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast. 16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Psalm 37:16
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

Proverbs 15:15
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