Proverbs 16:8
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
BSB
ASV
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
KJV
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better is a little with righteousness, etc. And the Lord says, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God (Matthew V). And again, Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation (Luke VI). It can also be understood …
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
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Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
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Proverbs 15:16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
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Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
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Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will…
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A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
