Proverbs 16:8
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New International Version (©1984)
Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Better a few [possessions] gained honestly than many gained through injustice.

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

American King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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

Bible in Basic English
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Darby Bible Translation
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

English Revised Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

Webster's Bible Translation
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

World English Bible
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Young's Literal Translation
Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Geneva Study Bible

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. (Compare Pr 15:6, 16, 17).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:4. God makes use of the wicked to execute righteous vengeance on each other; and he will be glorified by their destruction at last. 5. Though sinners strengthen themselves and one another, they shall not escape God's judgments. 6. By the mercy and truth of God in Christ Jesus, the sins of believers are taken away, and the power of sin is broken. 7. He that has all hearts in his hand, can make a man's enemies to be at peace with him. 8. A small estate, honestly come by, will turn to better account than a great estate ill-gotten. 9. If men make God's glory their end, and his will their rule, he will direct their steps by his Spirit and grace. 10. Let kings and judges of the earth be just, and rule in the fear of God. 11. To observe justice in dealings between man and man is God's appointment.


Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:9 The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. (NASB ©1995)

Abundance Better Gain Great Income Increase Injustice Justice Little Revenues Right Righteousness Wealth Wrongdoing


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

is 15:16 Ps 37:16 1Ti 6:6-9

great 21:6,7 Jer 17:11 Mic 6:10

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