Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil. New Living Translation Better to have little, with fear for the LORD, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil. English Standard Version Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it. Berean Standard Bible Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. King James Bible Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. New King James Version Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble. New American Standard Bible Better is a little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure, and turmoil with the treasure. NASB 1995 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure and turmoil with it. NASB 1977 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure and turmoil with it. Legacy Standard Bible Better is a little with the fear of Yahweh Than great treasure and turmoil with it. Amplified Bible Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the LORD Than great treasure and trouble with it. Christian Standard Bible Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. American Standard Version Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith. Aramaic Bible in Plain English To worship LORD JEHOVAH a little is better than the great treasures of the evil. Brenton Septuagint Translation Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord. Contemporary English Version It's better to obey the LORD and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly anxious. Douay-Rheims Bible Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content, English Revised Version Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble therewith. GOD'S WORD® Translation Better to have a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil. Good News Translation Better to be poor and fear the LORD than to be rich and in trouble. International Standard Version Better is a little accompanied by fear of the LORD than abundant wealth with turmoil. JPS Tanakh 1917 Better is little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure and turmoil therewith. Literal Standard Version Better [is] a little with the fear of YHWH, | Than much treasure, and tumult with it. Majority Standard Bible Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. New American Bible Better a little with fear of the LORD than a great fortune with anxiety. NET Bible Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it. New Revised Standard Version Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it. New Heart English Bible Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble. Webster's Bible Translation Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it. World English Bible Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. Young's Literal Translation Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath…15All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast. 16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. 17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.… Cross References 1 Timothy 6:6 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked. Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast. Proverbs 16:8 Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice. Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind. Treasury of Scripture Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. little Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Psalm 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. great Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Ecclesiastes 2:10,11,18-23 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour… Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity… Jump to Previous Better Disquietude Fear Great Little Store Therewith Together Treasure Trouble Tumult Turmoil WealthJump to Next Better Disquietude Fear Great Little Store Therewith Together Treasure Trouble Tumult Turmoil WealthProverbs 15 1. A gentle answer turns away wrath(16) Trouble.--The "disquiet" (Psalm 39:6) which attends the pursuit and care of riches, in contrast to the "peace which they have who love God's law. (Psalm 119:165.)Verse 16. - Better is little with the fear of the Lord. The good man's little store, which bears upon it the blessing of the Lord, is better than great treasure and trouble therewith, i.e. with the treasure (Proverbs 16:8; Psalm 37:16). The trouble intended is the care and labour and anxiety attending the pursuit and preservation of wealth. "Much coin, much care" (comp. Ecclesiastes 6:4). It was good advice of the old moralist, "Sis pauper honeste potius quam dives male; Namque hoc fert crimen, illud misericordiam." Vulgate, thesauri magni et insatiabiles, "treasures which satisfy not;" Septuagint, "Great treasures without fear (of the Lord)." Christ's maxim is, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33). 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Hebrew Betterטוֹב־ (ṭō·wḇ-) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good a little מְ֭עַט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few with the fear בְּיִרְאַ֣ת (bə·yir·’aṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel than great רָ֝֗ב (rāḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great treasure מֵאוֹצָ֥ר (mê·’ō·w·ṣār) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse with turmoil. וּמְה֥וּמָה (ū·mə·hū·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4103: Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture Links Proverbs 15:16 NIVProverbs 15:16 NLT Proverbs 15:16 ESV Proverbs 15:16 NASB Proverbs 15:16 KJV Proverbs 15:16 BibleApps.com Proverbs 15:16 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 15:16 Chinese Bible Proverbs 15:16 French Bible Proverbs 15:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 15:16 Better is little with the fear (Prov. 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