Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Proverbs 15:17Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
1 Timothy 6:6But piety with contentment *is* great gain.
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 →