Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
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Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
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Genesis 39:1
Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
1 Samuel 2:30
“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
Jeremiah 40:5
Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
Acts 22:24
the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
Acts 22:27
The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
Acts 22:28
The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
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Genesis 42:1
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
Genesis 42:2
He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
Genesis 43:2
When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”
Genesis 43:4
If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food;
Genesis 43:20
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
Proverbs 31:16
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Deuteronomy 28:2
All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
1 Kings 21:4
Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Job 2:4
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Psalms 37:26
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.
Psalms 112:2
His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Proverbs 3:33
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Isaiah 33:6
There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:15
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
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2 Kings 4:13
He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’ ” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
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2 Chronicles 32:20
Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
2 Chronicles 32:21
Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, the leaders, and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword.
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Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 40:17
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Luke 9:58
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:21
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 12:9
Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
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Psalms 119:165
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Proverbs 12:26
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
Proverbs 19:22
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 21:20
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.
Proverbs 30:9
lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
Hebrews 13:6
So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
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Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Job 27:17
he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:21
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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Amos 7:2
When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
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Luke 2:20
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
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Psalms 111:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Proverbs 1:29
because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
Proverbs 2:5
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 3:7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
Acts 9:31
So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:17
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
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Philippians 1:4
always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
Philippians 1:11
being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:13
so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
Philippians 1:18
What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
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Hebrews 2:6
But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
Hebrews 13:22
But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
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