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 the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
Psalm 37:16
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
1 Timothy 6:6
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
Great
Proverbs 21:6
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Micah 6:10
"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
General references
Psalm 37:16
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
Proverbs 28:6
A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.