Proverbs 16:8
What does Proverbs 16:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 16:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Context
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.
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