Proverbs 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 16:8; I Tim. 6:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Better a little with fear of the LORD than a great treasure with turmoil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and dissatisfaction.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,

Proverbs 15:16 Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 28:6

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one's ways even though rich.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil, and a chasing after wind.

1 Timothy 6:6

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;