Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Bible References

Is

Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

Great

Proverbs 21:6
Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.
Jeremiah 17:11
He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
Micah 6:10
Are there still the treasures of wickedness
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?

General references

Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
Proverbs 28:6
Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

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