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 a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
Psalm 37:16
The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
Great
Proverbs 21:6
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
Micah 6:10
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
General references
Psalm 37:16
The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.