Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
9A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Proverbs 21:6He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
Jeremiah 17:11Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
1 Timothy 6:6But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:8
7 When a man's ways please the Lord , he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Note, 1. God can turn foes into friends when he pleases. He that has all hearts in his hand has access to men's spirits and power over them, working insensibly, but irresistibly upon them, can make a man's enemies to be at peace with him, can change their minds, or force them into a feigned submission. He can slay all enemies, and bring those together that were at the greatest distance from each other. 2. He will do it for us… Read the whole commentary →