Proverbs 16:8

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

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Nehemiah 10:34
We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, cast lots for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn on Yahweh our God’s altar, as it is written in the law;

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Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

Job 20:20
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.

Job 20:21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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.

James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

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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.

Psalms 119:141
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

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.

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.”

2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

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Proverbs 3:31
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

Proverbs 23:17
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

Proverbs 24:19
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;

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Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

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Proverbs 12:26
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

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Proverbs 16:10
Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

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Proverbs 16:11
Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

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Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

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Proverbs 28:18
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

Luke 16:19
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

Luke 16:20
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

Luke 16:21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 16:22
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:23
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

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Proverbs 21:7
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.

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?

1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

1 Timothy 6:9
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

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Acts 24:24
After some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24:25
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Acts 24:26
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.

Acts 24:27
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

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Psalms 37:26
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.

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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Proverbs 3:33
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Proverbs 13:25
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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 4:4
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.

Revelation 18:17
For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

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