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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
k is little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
with the fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
than great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
treasure
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
and trouble
mhuwmah (Hebrew #4103)
confusion or uproar
KJV usage: destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.
Pronounce: meh-hoo-maw'
Origin: from 1949
therewith.
k
1 Tim. 6:6• 6But piety with contentment *is* great gain. (1 Tim. 6:6)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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little.
Prov. 16:8• 8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. (Prov. 16:8)
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Prov. 28:6• 6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich. (Prov. 28:6)
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Psa. 37:16• 16The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked; (Psa. 37:16)
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1 Tim. 6:6• 6But piety with contentment *is* great gain. (1 Tim. 6:6)
great.
Prov. 10:22• 22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it. (Prov. 10:22)
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Eccl. 2:10‑11,18‑23• 10And 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 from all my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
 18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
 19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
 20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
 22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. (Eccl. 2:10‑11,18‑23)
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Eccl. 5:10‑12• 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding of them with his eyes?
 12The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep. (Eccl. 5:10‑12)
• The one who has found his joy in the Lord can well understand the dear old saint who spread upon his humble board a bit of bread, an onion, and a glass of water, and then joyfully thanked God for “all this and Jesus”! (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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