Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
In Context
7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
1 Timothy 6:6But 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 →