For it was but little that thou hadst before I came, and now it is increased into a multitude, and the LORD hath blessed thee for my sake. But now when shall I make provision for mine own house also?"

And the children of Israel did even so, and gathered some more some less,

Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.

and did mete it with a gomer. And unto him that had gathered much remained nothing over, and unto him that had gathered little was there no lack: but every man had gathered sufficient for his eating.

agreeing to that which is written, "He that gathered much had never the more abundance, and he that gathered little, had nevertheless."

Ye looked for much, and lo it is come to little: and though ye bring it home, yet do I blow it away. And why so, sayeth the LORD of Hosts? Even because that my house lieth so waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow.

Better it is to have a little thing with righteousness, than great rents wrongfully gotten.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

Then said they unto him, "We have here but five loaves, and two fishes."

Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little."

"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what is that among so many?"