Proverbs 16:8
Better to have just a little and be honest than to have a lot and be dishonest.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When the way that people live pleases the Lord, he makes even their enemies be at peace with them.
9You can plan in your mind what to do, but the Lord will guide you.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16It's better to do right and only have a little, than to be wicked and rich.
Proverbs 15:17Better a dinner of vegetables where there's love than eating meat with hatred.
Proverbs 21:6Money made by lies is like smoke in the wind—a chase that ends in death.
Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.
1 Timothy 6:6But knowing and following God is so incredibly satisfying!
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 →