Proverbs 15:16

Scofield's Reference Notes - Proverbs 15:16

fear Also; Proverbs 14:26; Proverbs 14:26 (See Scofield "Proverbs 14:26- :") . read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 15:1-33

Chapter 15Fifteen. I love this first one here.A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger ( Proverbs 15:1 ).How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If you rage back at them, then get out the gloves, you know, because you're soon going to be going at it. But a soft answer, how it can just mellow out a situation. Oh God, help us to respond with soft answers rather than with grievous words which only tend to stir up the whole scene.The... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 15:1-33

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said the wary Syrian, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he says, wash, and be clean? Rehoboam, for the want of this wisdom, lost the ten tribes; whereas the intelligent woman on the wall, who wished to speak with Joab, saved the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 15:16

Pro 15:16 Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. Ver. 16. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord. ] This is one special consideration that keeps up the good heart in continual comfort. Contented godliness is great riches; Misera est magni custodia census. a Great treasures bring great troubles. It is not the great cage that makes the bird sing. It is not the great estate that brings alway the inward joy, the cordial contentment. The... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 15:16

little: Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 28:6, Psalms 37:16, 1 Timothy 6:6 great: Proverbs 10:22, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:18-Isaiah :, Ecclesiastes 5:10-2 Kings : Reciprocal: Genesis 43:2 - General Psalms 119:141 - small Proverbs 12:27 - but Proverbs 15:6 - the house Proverbs 19:1 - Better Proverbs 23:17 - be thou Ecclesiastes 4:6 - General Isaiah 33:6 - fear Luke 12:15 - for read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.Trouble — Tumultuous lusts and passions, vexatious cares, and horrors of conscience. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 15:16

16. Trouble Torment, confusion. It refers to that anxiety, vexation, and solicitude which usually accompany the possession of riches. Piety with little is better than wealth with trouble. Psalms 39:6; Matthew 6:33. read more