"Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.... How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!.... Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.... He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city" (Proverbs 16:8,16,19,32). "Ye... have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith" (Matthew 23:23).
When measured on the perfect scales
That God Almighty views,
The righteousness from God prevails
Above great revenues.
When wisdom is compared with gold
By God's unerring measure,
How much better, we are told,
Is wisdom's greater treasure.
When God contrasts humility
Against the haughty crowd,
He gives grace to the lowly,
But He resists the proud.
When patience rules our hearts and souls,
We're better than the strong.
How good it is when God controls
Our spirits all day long.
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