Pro 15:16
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this {is} also vanity.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
In the house of the righteous {is} much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
The slothful {man} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man {is} precious.