Psalm 37:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

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 30:9

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

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 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day bread for our needs.

1 Timothy 6:6

But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit: