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Proverbs 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Common English Bible

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

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Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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Proverbs 15:16
11 Cross References  

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


The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and toil adds nothing to it.


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


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


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


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


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


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