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 with injustice.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
Psalm 37:16
Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.
1 Timothy 6:6
But piety with contentment is great gain,
Great
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
General references
Genesis 43:2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Psalm 37:16
Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.