Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Webster 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 maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs , and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall 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 →