Psalms 37:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 ¶ Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 ¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 ¶ But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 ¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 ‹Give us this day our daily bread.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8¶ Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    5¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6¶ In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

    7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

    22For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    22¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

    23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

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    3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • Ps 34:19
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    19Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 10:15-16
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    15¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

    16¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • Ps 37:29-30
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    29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16¶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 13:25
    72%

    25¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Job 36:6
    72%

    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18¶ The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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    10‹He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.›

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26¶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Ps 37:10
    72%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

  • Prov 10:30
    72%

    30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.