Proverbs 16:8 Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

8: It is better to be poor and godly than rich and dishonest.

Psalms 37:16

  1. It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and possess much.

Proverbs 15:16

  1. It is better to have little with fear for the LORD than to have great treasure with turmoil.

1 Timothy 6:6

  1. Yet true religion with contentment is great wealth.
  2. After all, we didn't bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die.
  3. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
  4. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Micah 6:10

  1. Will there be no end of your getting rich by cheating? The homes of the wicked are filled with treasures gained by dishonestly measuring out grain in short measures.

Proverbs 21:6

  1. Wealth created by lying is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.
  2. Because the wicked refuse to do what is just, their violence boomerangs and destroys them.

Jeremiah 17:11

  1. Like a bird that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. Sooner or later they will lose their riches and, at the end of their lives, will become poor old fools.
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