Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great incomes through injustice.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When the Lord receiveth in favor a man's ways, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
9A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth firmly his steps.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 15:17Better is an allowance of herbs when love is there, than a stall-fed ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is like the fleeting breath of those that seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11As a cuckoo that sitteth on eggs which he hath not laid, so is he that get the riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be called wicked.
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 →