Proverbs 15:16 Cross References - Webster

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

¹⁶ A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

²² The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

¹⁰ And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor. ¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹⁸ Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me. ¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. ²⁰ Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun. ²¹ For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. ²² For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun? ²³ For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

¹⁰ (5:11)When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners of them, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? ¹¹ (5:12)The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. ¹² (5:13)There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain.