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Pro 15:16

Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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ParallelPro 16:8

Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

ParallelPsa 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.

ParallelEcc 5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this {is} also vanity.

Parallel1Ti 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

ParallelPro 28:6

Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.

ParallelPro 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

ParallelEcc 2:18

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}

ParallelEcc 2:10

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.

ParallelLuk 12:15

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.

Parallel1Ti 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

ParallelPro 16:8

Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

ParallelEcc 4:6

Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.

ParallelPsa 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.

ParallelPro 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

ParallelPro 15:6

In the house of the righteous {is} much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

ParallelIsa 33:6

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}

ParallelPro 19:1

Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

ParallelPsa 119:141

I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.

ParallelGen 43:2

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.

ParallelPro 12:27

The slothful {man} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man {is} precious.