Proverbs 15:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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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

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.