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 a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
1 Timothy 6:6
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,
Great
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
General references
Genesis 43:2
And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little food."
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.