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Psalms 37:16

Money and wealthContentmentJustice

14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

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BSB
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
KJV
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
WEB
Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
ASV
Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
DARBY
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
BLB
Better [is] the little of the righteous, than the riches of many wicked.
ÅB
Bedre er det lille den rettferdige har
enn de mange ugudeliges rikdom.
OTB
Det lille som den rettferdige har
Er bedre enn de mange ugudeliges rikdom.
B1930
Bedre er det lille som den rettferdige har, enn mange ugudeliges rikdom.

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