Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
General references
Bible References
Little
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
1 Timothy 6:6
But piety with contentment is great gain.
Great
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
General references
Genesis 43:2
And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.