Psalms 37:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble. 17 Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us this day bread for our needs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 15:16
    81%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 28:6
    77%

    6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

    7A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

    22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 12:26
    74%

    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

    15But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    22The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

    23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Ps 34:19
    74%

    19Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ps 37:39
    73%

    39But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 21:26
    73%

    26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Ps 37:29-30
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    29The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

    30The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Prov 12:7
    73%

    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Ps 112:3
    73%

    3A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 29:16
    72%

    16When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Prov 13:25
    72%

    25The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Job 36:6
    72%

    6His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Luke 16:10
    72%

    10He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 37:10
    72%

    10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Prov 10:30
    72%

    30The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.