Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
King James Version
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Holman Bible
than great treasure with turmoil.
International Standard Version
Better is a little accompanied by fear of the LORD than abundant wealth with turmoil.
A Conservative Version
Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.
American Standard Version
Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Amplified
Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and trouble with it.
Bible in Basic English
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
Darby Translation
Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
Julia Smith Translation
Good is little with the fear of Jehovah more than much treasure and confusion with it
King James 2000
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better [is] little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.
Modern King James verseion
Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow.
NET Bible
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
New Heart English Bible
Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.
The Emphasized Bible
Better is a little, with the reverence of Yahweh, than great treasure, and disquietude therewith.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.
Themes
Contentment » Contentment, the duty of
Godly Fear » Described as » A treasure to saints
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
15
All the days of the afflicted are evil. He who has a merry heart has a continual feast.
16
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
Phrases
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Cross References
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.
Proverbs 16:8
Better to be poor with righteousness than rich with injustice.
1 Timothy 6:6
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-12
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of Jehovah makes rich and he adds no grief to it.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man who walks in uprightness, than the rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-23
I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me.