Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
than large income with injustice.
Psalm 37:16
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16 Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
1 Timothy 6:6-9
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6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment,(A) 7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that[a] we can take nothing out of it, 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(B)
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- 6.7 Other ancient authorities read world; it is certain that
Micah 6:10
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10 Can I forget[a] the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked
and the despicable false measure?(A)
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- 6.10 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in midlife it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
Proverbs 21:6-7
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare[a] of death.(A)
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away
because they refuse to do what is just.(B)
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- 21.6 Gk: Heb seekers
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