Psalms 37:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

A little that the righteous has 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 vast revenues without justice.
  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked: but he blesses the dwelling of the just.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full and deny You, 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 gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil 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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    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Ps 37:17
    82%

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 15:16
    81%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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

    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 15:6
    76%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    75%

    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

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

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

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

    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
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    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

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

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

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

  • Prov 11:28
    74%

    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Ps 37:39
    73%

    39But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Ps 37:29-30
    2 verses
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    29The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.

    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Prov 12:7
    73%

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives 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 shall endure forever.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Prov 29:16
    72%

    16When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 13:25
    72%

    25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Job 36:6
    72%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

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

  • Luke 16:10
    72%

    10He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in what is least is also unjust in much.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Ps 37:10
    72%

    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for 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.