Psalms 37:16
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.
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16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.
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5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.
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20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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14 The 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.
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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
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19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
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19 The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
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32 The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.
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26 There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous give and don't withhold.
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29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And live in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
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7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
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31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
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15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:
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10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
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30 The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.