Pro 16:8
Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
{As} the partridge sitteth {on eggs}, and hatcheth {them} not; {so} he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. {sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth}
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure {that is} abominable? {Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc} {scant...: Heb. measure of leanness}
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
In the house of the righteous {is} much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.
The slothful {man} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man {is} precious.