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Proverbs 15:16–17

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Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 16:8Rank 1 from verse 16
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  2. Psalms 37:16Rank 2 from verse 16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:10–12Rank 3 from verse 16
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  4. 1 Timothy 6:6Rank 4 from verse 16
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  5. Proverbs 28:6Rank 5 from verse 16
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  6. Proverbs 10:22Rank 6 from verse 16
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    22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  7. Ecclesiastes 2:18–23Rank 7 from verse 16
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    18¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

  8. Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Rank 8 from verse 16
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    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 of all my labour.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

From verse 17

  1. Proverbs 17:1Rank 1 from verse 17
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    1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  2. Proverbs 21:19Rank 2 from verse 17
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    19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

  3. 1 John 4:16Rank 3 from verse 17
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    16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  4. Matthew 22:4Rank 4 from verse 17
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    4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

  5. Philippians 2:1Rank 5 from verse 17
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    1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  6. Psalms 133:1–3Rank 6 from verse 17
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    1BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

    2It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

    3As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

  7. Luke 15:23Rank 7 from verse 17
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    23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

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Proverbs 15:16

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better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

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Proverbs 15:17

COMBINED MEANING

better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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dinner

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A meal, especially the principal meal of the day; a feast or entertainment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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15:15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

15:16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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