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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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Prov. 16:8• 8Better [is] a little with righteousness{HR}Than great revenues without righteousness. (Prov. 16:8)
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Prov. 28:6• 6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,{HR}Than he that is perverse, double in ways,{HR}Though he be rich. (Prov. 28:6)
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Psa. 37:16• 16Better [is] a little to the righteous [man]{HR}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,{HR}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:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun.
 18And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun:{HR}Seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
 19And who knoweth whether he shall be wise or a fool?{HR}Yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured,{HR}And wherein I have showed wisdom under the sun. This also [is] vanity.
 20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair{HR}Concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
 21For there is a man whose labour [is] with wisdom,{HR}And with knowledge, and with skilfulness;{HR}Yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
 22For what hath a man of all his labour,{HR}And of the striving of the heart,{HR}Wherein he laboureth under the sun?
 23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail is grief;{HR}Yea, 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;{HR}Nor he that loveth abundance with increase:{HR}This also is vanity.
 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them:{HR}And what advantage is there to the owner thereof,{HR}Save the beholding of them with his eyes?
 12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet,{HR}Whether he eat little or much:{HR}But the fullness of the rich{HR}Will 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Better [is] little with the fear of Jehovah{HR}Than great treasure and disquiet therewith.