American Standard Version
Proverbs 16:8
8Better is a little, with righteousness,Than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
- New International Version (NIV)Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
Context of Proverbs 16:8
6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil. 7When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice. 9A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps. 10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:8 word by word
טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בִּצְדָקָ֑ה מֵרֹ֥ב תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:8
- Proverbs 15:16Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
- Psalms 37:16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
- 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain:
- Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
- Jeremiah 17:11As 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.
- Micah 6:10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:8
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 A small estate, honestly come by, will turn to better account than a great estate ill-gotten.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Better a little: See also Proverbs 15:16.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Compare Pr 15:6, 16, 17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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