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

Proverbs 15:16

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 16-17)

Solomon had said in the foregoing verse that he who has not a large estate, or a great income, but a cheerful spirit, has a continual feast ; Christian contentment, and joy in God, make the life easy and pleasant; now here he tells us what is necessary to that cheerfulness of spirit which will furnish a man with a continual feast , though he has but little in the world—holiness and love. I. Holine...

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