Devine Scripture

Proverbs 16:8

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

Context

v.7When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

v.8This passage

v.9A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Proverbs 15:16

    Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • 1 Timothy 6:6

    But godliness with contentment is great gain:

  • Micah 6:10

    Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

  • Psalms 37:16

    Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Proverbs 21:6

    The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.