Proverbs 16:8

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

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Nehemiah 10:34
And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is recorded in the law;

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Job 20:19
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Job 20:20
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Job 20:21
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

Job 20:23
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

Ecclesiastes 5:14
And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

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Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

Psalms 40:17
Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

Psalms 119:141
I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

Luke 9:58
And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

2 Corinthians 8:9
For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

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Proverbs 3:31
Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

Proverbs 16:3
Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Proverbs 20:24
A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

Proverbs 23:17
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Proverbs 24:19
Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

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Proverbs 12:11
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

Proverbs 12:27
He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

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Proverbs 12:26
The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

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Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

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Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Ecclesiastes 7:7
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

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Proverbs 16:10
Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

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Proverbs 16:11
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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Proverbs 16:12
Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

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Proverbs 28:18
He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

Luke 16:19
Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

Luke 16:21
Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

Luke 16:22
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

Luke 16:23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

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Proverbs 21:7
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

Micah 6:10
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day bread for our needs.

Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

1 Timothy 6:7
For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

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Acts 24:24
But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24:25
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

Acts 24:26
For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

Acts 24:27
But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

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Psalms 37:26
All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

Luke 6:20
And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

James 2:6
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

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Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

Proverbs 13:25
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Revelation 18:17
For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

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