Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with what is right, 1 than a large income with injustice. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
9In his heart a person plans out his way, 1 but Yahweh directs his steps. 1
Cross References
Psalms 37:16Better is the little that the righteous has 1 than the abundance of many wicked people. 1
Proverbs 15:17Better is a meal with vegetables where there is love 1 than a fatted calf served with hatred. 1
Proverbs 21:6Acquiring riches by a lying tongue 1 is a fleeting vapor and a snare that kills. 1
Jeremiah 17:11A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, 1 but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool.” 1
1 Timothy 6:6Now godliness 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 →