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 little with righteousness than great income with no justice.
Proverbs 28:6
Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.
Psalm 37:16
[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.
Great
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!
General references
Genesis 43:2
And it happened [that] as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, "Return and buy a little food for us."
Psalm 37:16
[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.