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 treasure and trouble with it.
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 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Jeremiah 17:11
Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
Micah 6:10
Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?
General references
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.