THEOSISProverbs 15:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.
טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
- Ps 37 (36):16
- Eccl 5:10Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
- Eccl 5:12There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
- 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Prov 28:6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
- Eccl 2:10And 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.