English term
through
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
These verses help establish a proper value system for forming the kind of heart described in vv. 13–15. One who “seeks knowledge” (v. 14) recognizes that contentment is found not primarily in external circumstances but in a life governed by the fear of the Lord (v. 16a). To gain wealth ***through*** trouble (v. 16b) or attended by hatred (v. 17b) is to “feed on folly” (v. 14b), which afflicts the heart and crushes the spirit.
Does it mean "by means of" or "in the midst of" here?
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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