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 treasure and trouble with it.
Psalm 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath 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 them that seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
General references
Psalm 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.