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 Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.
Psalm 37:16
A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Great
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
Micah 6:10
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful?
General references
Psalm 37:16
A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness than he who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.