Proverbs 16:8
It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us.
9People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh directs/determines what they will really be able to do.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16It is good to be righteous/godly even if you do not have many possessions, but it is bad to be wicked, even if you are very wealthy,
Proverbs 15:17Eating meals with people whom you love and having only vegetables to eat is better than eating with people who hate each other and having lots of good meat to eat.
Proverbs 21:6Money that people acquire by cheating others by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear like a mist, and doing that will soon lead to their death.
Jeremiah 17:11I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they ◄did not lay/stole from another nest►. So, when those people have lived only half of the years that they expect to live, their wealth will disappear. Then other people will realize that those rich people have been foolish.
1 Timothy 6:6Well, we truly do gain great benefit when we conduct our lives ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God► and we are content with what we have.
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 →