Psalms 37:16

World English Bible (2000)

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us today our daily bread.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, 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, and he is rich.

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

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

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

    22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the righteous is like 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. 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.

    3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart. 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 for the righteous.

    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

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

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down 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 leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Ps 37:39
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    39But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

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

    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 22:16
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    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • 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
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    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Prov 29:16
    72%

    16When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

  • Luke 16:10
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    10He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Ps 37:10
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Prov 10:30
    72%

    30The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.