16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

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

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.

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17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(A)

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

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17 (A)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables

Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

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

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(A)Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice.

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16 How much better to get wisdom than gold,
    to get insight(A) rather than silver!(B)

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16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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16 (A)How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

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17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.(A)

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17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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The Lord Tests Hearts

17 Better is (A)a dry morsel with quietness,
Than a house full of [a]feasting with strife.

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  1. Proverbs 17:1 Or sacrificial meals

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

19 Better (A)is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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

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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.

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