Verse 8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
• Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
• Mic 6:10 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
• 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out. 8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
• Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
• Prov 21:6-7 : 6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.