Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
General references
Bible References
Is
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
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 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
General references
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.