Proverbs 16:8 · KJV
“Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”
— Proverbs 16:8
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16 — Context
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD {men} depart from evil.
7When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10A divine sentence {is} in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. {A divine...: Heb. Divination}
Cross References
Proverbs 15:16
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
1 Timothy 6:6-9
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Jeremiah 17:11
{As} 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. {sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth}
Proverbs 21:6-7
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure {that is} abominable? {Are...: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc} {scant...: Heb. measure of leanness}