Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
- Psalm 37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10–12 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.