Psalms 37:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it. 17 Better `is' an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 but it is great gain -- the piety with contentment;
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!
  • Prov 3:33 : 33 The curse of Jehovah `is' in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who `is' Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 `Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 `Our appointed bread give us to-day.

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

  • Prov 15:16
    81%

    16Better `is' a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6`In' the house of the righteous `is' abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • Ps 37:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

    22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

  • Prov 11:23
    74%

    23The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    74%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
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    14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

    15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    74%

    22A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous `is' the sinner's wealth.

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

  • Prov 29:7
    74%

    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Ps 34:19
    74%

    19Many `are' the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

  • Prov 11:28
    74%

    28Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 10:15-16
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    73%

    15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.

  • Ps 37:39
    73%

    39And the salvation of the righteous `is' from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

  • Prov 21:26
    73%

    26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Ps 37:29-30
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    73%

    29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

    30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

  • Prov 12:7
    73%

    7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Ps 112:3
    73%

    3Wealth and riches `are' in his house, And his righteousness is standing for ever.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

  • Prov 29:16
    72%

    16In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.

  • Prov 13:25
    72%

    25The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

  • Job 36:6
    72%

    6He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

  • Luke 16:10
    72%

    10`He who is faithful in the least, `is' also faithful in much; and he who in the least `is' unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Ps 37:10
    72%

    10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

  • Prov 10:30
    72%

    30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.