Proverbs 16:8
Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.
9A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:17Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue, then a fat oxe with euyll wyll.
Proverbs 21:6To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
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 →