Proverbs 15:16

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

ASV

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

LSV

Better [is] a little with the fear of YHWH, || Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

YLT

Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

DBY

Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.

DRC

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

GNV

Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

JPS

Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

LXXE

Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC

טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Κρεῖσσον μικρὰ μερὶς μετὰ φόβου Κυρίου, ἢ θησαυροὶ μεγάλοι μετὰ ἀφοβίας.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
• Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
• Ecclesiastes 5:10–12He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner,…
• 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
• Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18–23I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have…
• Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had…

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