Proverbs 15:16

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Proverbs 15:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.

17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

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Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Proverbs 28:6

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Psalms 37:16

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

1 Timothy 6:6

Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:23

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.