Proverbs 15:16 KJV
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 15:16, King James Version
In: Bible verses about contentment
In context
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
- Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- 1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.